# 2025-20662: California Water Watch: Feds Prep Eco-Impact Check

2025-20662, California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-01 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20662
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20662
- Title: California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 52934
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-11-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

California Water Watch: Feds Prep Eco-Impact Check

## Summary

The California Department of Water Resources wants to temporarily boost water deliveries from Pyramid Lake to Lake Piru from 3,150 to 25,000 acre-feet each year during winter months, starting in late 2025 through 2030. This change affects communities and ecosystems in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties and needs an environmental check. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to finish this review by mid-December 2025, making sure the water boost is safe and smart.

## Effects PRIA read

- Temporary Big Boost to Winter Water Deliveries: mixed, medium. If you live in San Bernardino or Los Angeles counties in California, the California Department of Water Resources has asked to raise winter water deliveries from Pyramid Lake to Lake Piru from 3,150 acre-feet per year to up to 25,000 acre-feet per year. This change would run each year from November…

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## Sources
- [2025-20662 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20662/california-department-of-water-resources-notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-assessment)
- [2025-20662 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20662.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20662 (as of 2026-06-08).