California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Feb. 25 announced the launch of a multi-year effort to develop the California Water Plan 2028.
The California Water Plan is updated every five years, but Senate Bill 72 mandated the modernization of the water plan by setting measurable water supply targets.
“For the first time in state history, California has a statewide water supply target: 9 million acre-feet by 2040,” Newsom’s news release read. “The California Water Plan 2028 is an action-oriented blueprint that will be built by voices from across the state and designed to close the water gaps that climate change, including extreme swings between drought and floods, is widening every year.”
The Department of Water Resources will convene an advisory committee to shape the plans for both the 2028 and 2033 water plans.
