On June 12, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued curtailment notices to pre-1914 appropriative claims commencing during or after 1903 within the Sacramento-San Joaquin River watershed and Delta until further notice.
The State Water Board has been monitoring diversion records and flow conditions within the Sacramento-San Joaquin River watershed and Delta. Due to limited precipitation and snowpack runoff, the current flows are insufficient to satisfy all diversion demands under senior rights.
The pre-1914 curtailment notice can be accessed here.
The State Water Board will continue to monitor diversion demands, weather forecasts and stream gages. Water right holders are asked to monitor their email and the State Water Board Drought Year Water Actions website, accessed here, for further updates on when diversions may be authorized.