Cooperators and External Program Links
The CCSS works with more than 50 cooperators to collect snow data to help with runoff forecasting. The cooperative have contributed significantly to improvements in the quality and efficiency in the observation systems. The cooperators contribute money, data, or both to the CCSS program. They meet at the California Snow Surveys Annual Meeting where improvements to the services, products and communications are identified.
CCSS is part of DWR's effort to improve runoff forecasting by working closely with National Weather Service (NWS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Geological Survey (USGS) and research community to incorporate the latest technologies and tools for watershed runoff modeling. This includes incorporating precipitation and temperature forecasts, and better integrating state and federal computer systems to make the forecasts more reliable and valuable to the information users.
| Public Agencies |
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| Buena Vista Water Storage District |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District |
| El Dorado Irrigation District |
| Friant Water Users Association |
| Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District |
| Kern Delta Water District |
| Kings River Conservation District |
| Lower Tule River Irrigation District |
| Merced Irrigation District |
| Modesto Irrigation District |
| Nevada Irrigation District |
| North Kern Water Storage District |
| Northern California Power Agency |
| Oakdale Irrigation District |
| Omochumne-Hartnell Water District |
| Placer County Water Agency |
| Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
| San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority |
| South Feather Water and Power Agency |
| South San Joaquin Irrigation District  |
| Tri-Dam Project |
| Truckee River Basin Water Commission |
| Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District |
| Turlock Irrigation District |
| Yuba Water Agency |
| Private Organizations |
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| J.G. Boswell Company |
| Kaweah and St. Johns River Association |
| Kings River Water Association |
| Tule River Association |
| State Water Project Contractors |
| Municipalities |
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| City of Bakersfield Water Department |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
| City and County of San Francisco Hetch Hetchy Water and Power |
| State Agencies |
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| University of California |
| Central Sierra Snow Laboratory |
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes |
| California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection  |
| California Department of Water Resources |
| Public Utilities |
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| Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Southern California Edison Company |
| Federal Agencies |
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| U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Forest Service (14 National Forests) |
| Natural Resource Conservation Service |
| U.S. Department of Commerce |
| National Weather Service |
| U.S. Department of Interior |
| Bureau of Reclamation |
| Geological Survey, Water Resources |
| National Park Service (3 National Parks) |
| U.S. Department of Army |
| Corps of Engineers |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Other Cooperative Programs |
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| Nevada Cooperative Snow Surveys |
| Oregon Cooperative Snow Surveys |