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DWR today conducted the critical April snow survey at Phillips Station and found no measurable snow, ...

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News Governor Newsom launches most ambitious water plan in California history

For the first time in state history, California has a statewide water supply target: 9 million acre- ...

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Science isn’t just part of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) work — it drives it. F ...

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For California water managers, the painfully sunny skies of March 2026 bear striking resemblance to ...

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Blogs DWR is Taking Action as High Temperatures Prompt Early Snow Runoff

Early season heat is rapidly wiping out California’s giant, frozen reservoir – the Sierra Nevada sno ...

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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

Dams under state's jurisdiction

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