With Water Year 2006-2007 one of the driest in California history, with the Colorado
River Basin experiencing drought seven out of the last eight years, and with potentially
stringent new restrictions on pumping water through the Delta, the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, (Reclamation), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and
California Urban Water Conservation Council (Council) joined forces to sponsor 11
drought workshops and update the Urban Drought Guidebook. This paper summarizes
project activities, results, and recommended future actions. The paper focuses on how
water managers are responding through demand management to variability in the
hydrologic cycle, particularly drought, focusing on recent conditions in
California. Includes table.