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California relies on water stored during wet years for use during dry years.
Water storage, both above and below ground is critical to California. 
 
This map shows how much water is in California’s major above-ground storage.
These California’s Daily Reservoir Levels, per Department of Water Resources’ CDEC, is the water currently stored in our above-ground water storage.

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Looking for more detailed information about reservoir levels? Check out this chart, updated daily by the Department of Water Resources

Adapting California Agriculture: Water Shortages, Solar, and Food Production

May 2, 2025

California’s agricultural landscape is transforming due to water supply challenges and the push for renewable energy. With projections of 500,000 to 1 million acres fallowed in the San Joaquin Valley by 2040, driven by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and decades of environmental water policies curtailing water supplies, farmers face tough choices: grow crops, convert land to solar, or try to do both.

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