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Sustainable Techniques Bring Concrete Results: Making DWR Infrastructure Carbon-Friendly

With Governor Newsom’s recent pledge to invest $8 billion in water infrastructure, carbon-friendly concrete is increasingly in the mix in DWR infrastructure pro ...

SWP Facilities

The California State Water Project (SWP) is made up of 700 miles of aqueducts, tunnels, siphons, and pipelines, as well as 36 storage facilities, 30 dams, 23 pu ...

SWP Facilities

The California State Water Project (SWP) is made up of 700 miles of aqueducts, tunnels, siphons, and pipelines, as well as 36 storage facilities, 30 dams, 23 pu ...

SWP Financing and Cost Recovery

A large portion of the State Water Project (SWP) has been financed from the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds. Bond issuances account for 82 per ...

SWP Management

The water supply availability for delivery by the State Water Project (SWP) depends on rainfall, snowpack, runoff, reservoir storage, pumping capacity of SWP fa ...

SWP Strategic Plan

The State Water Project Strategic Plan

SWP Water Contractors

The Department of Water Resources administers long-term water supply contracts to 29 local water agencies for water service from the State Water Project. These ...

System Reoperation Program

In 2008, the State Legislature authorized and directed the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to identify options for the reoperation of the state’s existing f ...

Systemwide Flood Risk Reduction Program

The Systemwide Flood Risk Reduction Program oversees the work necessary to develop and implement Delta and Central Valley flood risk reduction and habitat resto ...

Teachers Learn About Climate Change from Project WET Collaboration

Upcoming workshops to provide K-12 teachers tools and resources to teach climate issues to their students.

Technical Assistance

We provide technical guidance and assistance resources to local and regional organizations through 4 strategically located regional offices. The breadth of expe ...

Technical Assistance

DWR’s four regional offices and headquarters provide technical guidance and assistance to local and regional organizations to help solve local water and environ ...

Temporary Emergency Power Generators Used for First Time to Support Statewide Energy Grid During Heat Wave

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) requested the activation of temporary emergency power generators deployed by the Department of Water Resources ...

Temporary Power Generators Now Online to Support California's Electricity Grid

Four temporary mobile emergency power generating units totaling 120 megawatts (MW) deployed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) are online and ready to s ...

Testing Underway for Pilot Project to Return Endangered Salmon to Their Historic Habitat

State and federal biologists and engineers, in partnership with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, have begun testing an experimental system in Shasta Reservoir that cou ...

The California Water System

California’s economy and culture have always been shaped by the abundance or scarcity of water. The Golden State’s economy, agricultural production, and populat ...

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