Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration launched a planning effort Wednesday to identify enough new water to fill up two Shasta Reservoirs, or 9 million acre-feet, by 2040 to offset expected losses to climate change. The 2028 Water Plan, a result of last year’s SB 72, will lay out a blueprint for new reservoirs, groundwater recharge and conservation projects. “Climate change is reshaping life in California through historic droughts and record storms that threaten the farms that feed the nation, communities that depend on reliable water, and the environment we all share,” Newsom said in a statement. 

Other California Water Plan news:

• KSBW (Salinas, Calif.): California launches multi-year plan to protect and increase water supply
• KRCR (Redding, Calif.): Newsom unveils California Water Plan 2028 to boost capture, storage and conservation
• Lake County News (Lakeport, Calif.): California launches first phase of creating new water plan
• Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, Calif.): Newsom launches ‘Water Plan 2028’ to secure California’s supplies against climate extremes
• California Department of Water Resources: News release: A new era for the California Water Plan
• California Department of Water Resources: News release: Implementing SB 72 — modernizing California’s Water Plan