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State board hears hydrologic conditions update: mixed snowpack, river flows and Colorado River negotiations
Summary
Staff briefed the board on statewide precipitation, snowpack and reservoir status, North Coast Scott and Shasta river flows, and Colorado River negotiations. The update noted better-than-average northern precipitation, Scott River decline from April to May, and progress and uncertainty in post-2026 Colorado River guidelines.
SACRAMENTO — The State Water Resources Control Board received a hydrologic conditions briefing May 6 that combined statewide precipitation and snowpack numbers, region-specific flow outlooks for the Scott and Shasta rivers, and an update from the Colorado River Board on basin negotiation dynamics ahead of the 2026 guideline update.
Statewide snapshot: Staff reported precipitation near 111% of average in the Northern Sierra, lower totals in the southern Sierra and Tulare region (about 50% of normal for southern snow water), and statewide snow water at roughly 67% of normal as of…
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