The start of this water year brings many challenges to the California Department of Water Resources.

The state’s water managers must be ready for both wet and dry conditions. California is coming off the heels of a record-hot summer, while also expecting effects from a looming La Niña weather pattern.

However, the change in climatology over the past decade poses the biggest challenge of all. In the last ten years, the state has faced climate extremes, and that trend expects to continue.