Yuba Water manages New Bullards Bar Dam, the fifth tallest dam in the United States, and several smaller diversion dams. Learn how Yuba Water ensures its dams are safe and in tip-top shape.
Since its formation in 1959, Yuba Water has led the local effort with state and federal agencies, Congress and others to increase public safety by reducing the risk of catastrophic flooding in Yuba County. Learn more about Yuba County’s flood risk and efforts to significantly reduce this risk.
Yuba County's local levee districts are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining land that is threatened by permanent or temporary flooding for agriculture, residential, residential, commercial of industrial use.
Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors today committed $785,000 for levee improvements, water conservation and other Yuba County water projects in support of its core mission areas of flood risk reduction and sustainable water supply management. Read on...
Yuba Water's Board of Directors authorized staff to proceed with a new design of a secondary spillway at New Bullards Bar Dam, marking an important step forward for the agency’s largest project to reduce flood risk since the dam was built. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors committed more than $2.2 million in grants for Yuba River-focused water education, water supply improvements, flood risk reduction and swift water rescue equipment. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors has approved more than $1.25 million in grants and a low-interest loan for flood risk reduction, water infrastructure, water quality improvements, fish habitat and emergency water rescue equipment. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency is working to reduce the risk of flooding from atmospheric rivers – powerful storms responsible for more than 90 percent of floods in the region – through bold investments and innovative partnerships. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors approved approximately $1 million in grants for flood risk reduction, water quality improvements and emergency response equipment. Read on...
Over the course of the past week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography field teams successfully launched a series of weather balloons throughout Northern California to monitor the season’s first series of significant atmospheric river events. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency’s board of directors have approved several grants and matching loans to advance critical flood risk reduction work and water infrastructure improvements in Yuba County. Read on...
Browns Valley Elementary students now have the opportunity to contribute to science and weather forecasts in their watershed thanks to a new monitoring station installed at the school by Scripps Institution of Oceanography with support from Yuba Water. Read on...
Yuba Water’s board of directors approved a $2 million loan to the Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority to complete the construction of a levee near the Yuba Goldfields that will bring a 200-year level of urban flood protection to southern Yuba County. Read on...
Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors today approved $6.5 million for a range of projects to improve public safety and enhance the quality of life for Yuba County residents. Read on...
