NewsFirst State Water Project Allocation at 10 Percent

DWR announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation of 10 percent for the 2020 calendar ye ...

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News DWR Moves to Strengthen Fish Protections, Improve SWP Management

Moving to strengthen safeguards for fish and expand science-based decision making, DWR took formal s ...

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Blogs DWR Recognized for Leadership in Greenhouse Gas Reduction

As an energy consumer and producer, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is actively implementing ...

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Blogs Lake Oroville Community Update: Nov. 27

Get the Lake Oroville operations update for November 27, 2019.

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News Castaic Dam Modernization Program Begins

DWR's Castaic Dam Modernization Program begins this week with an assessment of a stream release stru ...

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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.

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750,000

Acres of farmland irrigated by the State Water Project

60%

DWR's GHG reduction goal by 2030

12,400,000

Pounds of reinforcing steel on Oroville main spillway

1,246

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