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Californians Face Wide Variety of Potential Flooding

DWR urges Californians to be proactive and prepare for flooding as the winter storm season quickly approaches.

California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies

As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State to deploy innovative forecasting and water management st ...

California’s Groundwater Data Collection and Understanding of Subsidence Expands with Launch of NASA-ISRO Satellite

Monitoring the sinking of land surface in California, called subsidence, requires immense amounts of data to track changes in surface levels over multi-year per ...

California’s Groundwater – Update 2020 Public Webinar Meeting

DWR will present an overview of California’s Groundwater – Update 2020 at a public webinar meeting.

California’s Snowpack is Now One of the Largest Ever, Bringing Drought Relief, Flooding Concerns

California's statewide snowpack is at 237 percent of April average and ranks among highest in State history.

California’s Snowpack Shows Huge Gains from Recent Storms

DWR conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 116.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 41.5 ...

CalLite: Central Valley Water Management Screening Model

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region (USBR) developed CalLite as an interactive screening mo ...

CalOES Submits Oroville Spillways Reimbursement Appeal

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) was notified today that the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) submitted DWR’s Oroville spillways reimbur ...

CalSim 3

The California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation develop and maintain the California Simulation Model 3 (CalSim 3). CalSim 3 is a ...

CalSim 3.0 Hands-on Training Workshop

The purpose of this hands-on workshop is to help attendees learn how to prepare and modify selected model input data, make changes to the model hydrology implem ...

CalSim II

The Water Resource Integrated Modeling System (WRIMS model engine, or WRIMS) is a generalized water resources modeling system for evaluating operational alterna ...

Camp Fire Poses No Threat to Oroville Dam

There is no threat to Oroville Dam. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is taking precautionary measures detailed below to ensure the safety of other water ...

Campgrounds Reopen with Reduced Capacity at Several State Water Project Lakes: Group Campsites Remain Closed

Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that campgrounds at Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County, Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County and La ...

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Get answers to frequently asked questions about applying for jobs with the California Department of Water Resources.

Castaic Dam Modernization Efforts Move Forward

Two key projects are set to begin as part of ongoing modernization work at Castaic Dam in Los Angeles County to reduce risks from a major earthquake. DWR will o ...

Castaic Dam Modernization Program

Department of Water Resources is modernizing its SWP facilities across the state, including Castaic Dam.

Castaic Dam Modernization Program Begins: DWR Conducts Stream Release Structure Investigation

As part of a statewide effort to reduce seismic and hydrologic risk to SWP facilities, DWR's Castaic Dam Modernization Program begins this week with an assessme ...

Castaic Dam Spillway Assessment Begins: DWR Advances State Water Project Modernization Efforts

Assessments and evaluations of the Castaic Dam spillway in Los Angeles County began today as part of a statewide effort to reduce risks from major earthquakes o ...

Castaic Dam Tower Bridge Pier Project Wraps Up

Seismic work at Castaic Dam’s tower access bridge has reached another milestone with the completion of work on three bridge piers. The work at the Los Angeles C ...

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