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ATTACHMENT 1 Ex>.*ciatftin• ilr}1attlttrttt titer of Califor:ria pi 1 EXECUTIVE ORDER B-40-17 WHEREAS California has endured a severe multi-year drought that has , threatened the water supplies of communities and residents, devastated agricultural production in many areas, and harmed fish, animals and their environmental habitats; and Ij WHEREAS Californians responded to the drought by conserving water at unprecedented levels, reducing water use in communities by more than 22% between June 2015 and January 2017; and WHEREAS the State Water Resources Control Board,the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Fish and Wildlife,the Office of Emergency Services, and many other state agencies worked cooperatively to manage and mitigate the effects of the drought on our communities, businesses,and the environment; and WHEREAS the State provided 66,344,584 gallons of water to fill water tanks for communities suffering through drought-rehated water shortages, outages or contamination, and provided emergency assistance to drill wells and connect communities to more robust water systems; and WHEREAS the State took a number of important actions to preserve and protect fish and wildlife resources including stream and species population monitoring,fish rescues and relocations. infrastructure improvements at trout and salmon hatcheries, and infrastructure to provide critical habrtat for waterfowl and terrestrial animals; and WHEREAS the State established a Statewide Water Efficiency and Erhancement Program for agricultural operations that provides financial assistance for the implementation of irrigation systems that save water: and WHEREAS water content in California's mountain snowpack is 164 percent of the season average: and WHEREAS Lake Orovilile, the State Water Project's principal reservoir, is 101 percent of average, Lake Shasta, the federal Central Valley Projects largest reservoir. is at 110 percent of average, and the great majority of California's other major reservoirs are above normal storage levels; and WHEREAS despite winter precipitation, the effects of the drought persist in areas of the Central Valley, including groundwater depletion and subsidence: and WHEREAS our changing climate requires California to continue to adopt and adhere to permanent changes to use water more wisely and to prepare for more frequent and persistent periods of limited water supply. and .Oar