New Online Resource for HRL Program Available

SACRAMENTO - A new website has been launched to help tell the story of the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) Program. Developed by California public water agencies along with their many partners, the site brings together videos, infographics and clear, accessible information to help explain how this approach works for Californians and why it matters.

The HRL Program is a science-based, collaborative framework to restoring river health, floodplains and natural landscapes, and continues to gain momentum as an important path forward for the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update. ACWA is a long-standing supporter of the HRL Program as the best approach to protecting, restoring and enhancing the Bay-Delta watershed.

The HRL Program is built on a simple idea: pairing strategically timed flows with habitat improvements can create real, measurable benefits for fish and wildlife, while maintaining water supply reliability for cities, rural communities, agriculture and recreation. This advances the State Water Resources Control Board's important responsibility to protect all beneficial uses of water.

As discussions continue at the State Water Board, this program reflects years of collaboration, supported by scientific monitoring of early implementation projects already underway across California. That includes 58 projects that are completed, under construction or in final design -advancing spawning habitat, rearing habitat, predator management and strategically timed flows.

Explore and share the site, watch the videos, and see how this work is already taking shape across the state. More information and background from ACWA is also available online.