To sustainably manage the water resources of California, in cooperation with other agencies, to benefit the state’s people and protect, restore, and enhance the natural and human environments.
All people in California are healthy, financially stable, and safe.
Although DWR cannot achieve this vision alone, we are committed to doing our part to make it a reality. View DWR’s Racial Equity Action Plan.
High in the mountains, thousands of feet above where most Californians live, are alpine forests and mountain meadows which serve a critical role for w ...
September 22, 2025
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Lake Oroville Update - September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
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Following several years of planning and investment, the City of Antioch has reached a climate-resilient milestone: a new brackish water desalination f ...
September 15, 2025
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DWR's GHG reduction goal by 2030
Pounds of reinforcing steel on Oroville main spillway
Dams under state's jurisdiction