The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series continues with “Building the Tunnel Part Two”.
DWR Updates
![Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon](/-/media/DWR-Images/Fish/Sacramento-River-Winter-Run-Chinook-Salmon.png?mw=200&hash=A85A942777C91FE55BD578EA7E086E5D)
As planning and environmental review efforts continue to support DWR's determination of whether a single tunnel option to modernize Delta conveyance should be approved, an important component of the environmental review process is to assess environmental resource impacts within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s (Delta) estuary.
![An aerial view of Bidwell Bar Bridge and Lake Oroville. Photo taken 28 October, 2021.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_10_28_AI_0391_Heli_Low_Lake_Levels_.jpg?mw=200&hash=AE2B391F286B96FAC934E8A0DA0833B6)
Lake Oroville Community Update for November 19, 2021.
![Lake Oroville at Bidwell Canyon Marina at an elevation of 659.98 feet, 28 percent of total capacity, on October 29, 2021](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_10_29_FL_0141_Lake_Oroville.jpg?mw=200&hash=24FFAA993A3DFD8628480B336F62FD69)
Lake Oroville Community Update for November 12, 2021.
![Map showing small community drought grant funding in the State of California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Placeholder-images/blog/Small_Community_Map_01.jpg?mw=200&hash=E7E83E4007FB747FAD96FC325BB63964)
California and much of the Western United States is in the midst of an unprecedented drought intensified by climate change. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is taking immediate action to support California’s small and rural communities now, while also preparing for the potential of a third dry year.
![Lake Oroville at Oroville Dam Boat Launch at an elevation of 659.98 feet, 28 percent of total capacity or 54 percent of average capacity for this time of year, on October 29, 2021](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_10_29_FL_0180_Lake_Oroville.jpg?mw=200&hash=30D23F07D29E483CDD590A3F269EA328)
Lake Oroville Community Update for November 5, 2021.
![Remains of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Green Mountain snow sensor in the upper San Joaquin River watershed. The 2020 Creek Fire destroyed the sensor and weather station and the tower, although still upright, is unusable.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Dry-Conditions/Burned-snow-pillow.jpg?mw=200&hash=018217786C6F3B38FEEBE2035EC82298)
The impacts of California’s ongoing dry and warm years were seen this year with a historic wildfire season. Correspondingly, the risk of wildfire damage to water infrastructure is increasing, including risks of secondary impacts from burned area sediment entering waterbodies and affecting water treatment plant operations.
![The Bidwell Bar Bridge is seen above Lake Oroville on Sept. 28, 2021.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_09_28_AI_1009_-Water_Quality_Oro.jpg?mw=200&hash=6F7C9D69E13B5AFF834AB47F9C924816)
Read the Lake Oroville Community Update for October 29, 2021.
![The Bidwell Bar Bridge and houseboats near the Bidwell Canyon Marina on Lake Oroville on September 28, 2021.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_09_28_AI_1039_-Water_Quality_Oro.jpg?mw=200&hash=F963AC798869EE8C3CC4361B626035B5)
Lake Oroville Community Update for October 22, 2021.
![The Bidwell Bar Bridge is seen above Lake Oroville on Sept. 28, 2021.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2021_09_28_AI_1009_-Water_Quality_Oro.jpg?mw=200&hash=6F7C9D69E13B5AFF834AB47F9C924816)
Lake Oroville Community Update for October 15, 2021.