DWR Updates

The Bidwell Bar Bridge and houseboats near the Bidwell Canyon Marina on Lake Oroville on September 28, 2021.

Lake Oroville Community Update - October 8, 2021

Lake Oroville Community Update for October 8, 2021.

Published: October 08, 2021

Q/A – Paul Gosselin, Deputy Director of Sustainable Groundwater Management

DWR conducted an interview with our newly appointed Deputy Director of Sustainable Groundwater Management Paul Gosselin. Paul is a long-time water industry professional in California who will now lead the Department’s SGMO Office in implementing the State’s historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

Published: October 04, 2021

The Bidwell Bar Bridge is seen above Lake Oroville on Sept. 28, 2021.

Lake Oroville Community Update - October 1, 2021

Lake Oroville Community Update for October 1, 2021.

Published: October 01, 2021

Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant in Santa Barbara

DWR Contributes $16 Million to Support Desalination Research, Improved Energy Efficiency

California is facing the real-time impacts of a changing climate evident by our state’s historic drought. With limited water supplies, California must look to innovative technologies to meet the demands of the state’s growing population. One potential solution is desalination, the method of treating seawater and other salty waters to be suitable fo ...

Published: September 28, 2021

An aerial drone view at Bidwell Bar Bridge showing Lake Oroville at an elevation of 659 feet, 27 percent of total capacity or 36 percent of average capacity for this time or year, on July 20, 2021 in Butte County, California.

Lake Oroville Community Update - September 24, 2021

Lake Oroville Community Update for September 24, 2021.

Published: September 24, 2021

Aerial view looking South at the S Bacon Island road bridge over Middle River, connecting the eastern side of Bacon Island (right) and Jones Tract, both part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California. Photo taken March 08, 2019.Ken James / California Department of Water Resources, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Q/A: What are the main takeaways from the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Justice Survey?

In a recent episode in the Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series, we invited Genevieve Taylor, executive director of Ag Innovations, to tell us about the Environmental Justice Survey implemented by the company in the fall of 2020 as part of the Delta Conveyance Project’s public engagement plan.

Published: September 23, 2021