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.
Throughout California’s Central Valley, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout migrate between the ocean and inland rivers to spawn during their lifecycle ...
September 16, 2026
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Lake Oroville Update - September 11, 2026. Updates from the California Department of Water Resources.
September 11, 2026
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The Lake Oroville Update for Sept. 4, 2026 featuring the Brad Freeman Trail from the California Department of Water Resources.
September 04, 2026
Read MoreAcres of farmland irrigated by the State Water Project
DWR's GHG reduction goal by 2030
Pounds of reinforcing steel on Oroville main spillway
Dams under state's jurisdiction