"California's Water Future: Gov. Newsom's Plan for Sierra Snowpack and Drought Resilience"

Governor Newsom outlined a new water plan for California, emphasizing the need to make water supplies resilient to climate change. The plan includes priorities such as capturing, storing, and moving water, replenishing groundwater, and restoring natural ecosystems. It also addresses historical inequities in water management and emphasizes the role of Native tribes. Despite above-average snowpack and reservoir levels, the state faces complex water management challenges, including depleted groundwater and chronic shortages from the Colorado River. The plan aims to adapt the state's water system to the effects of global warming and includes major infrastructure projects like the Sites Reservoir and the proposed Delta Conveyance Project.