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Technical Assistance

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

AB 2543: Budget and Schedule for Infrastructure Projects

The Department of Water Resources constructs, operates, and maintains several large-scale infrastructure projects as part of its mission to sustainably manage t ...

Best Management Practices and Guidance Documents

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Water Code Section 10729(d), directed DWR to “publish on its internet Web site best management practices for ...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)

In 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed three bills known collectively as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) . For the first time in its his ...

Agricultural Land & Water Use Estimates

We provides estimates of irrigated crop acreages, crop evapotranspiration (ETc), evapotranspiration of applied water (ETAW), effective precipitation (EP), and a ...

Glossary

This glossary contains terms used in the text of California Water Plan Update 2013 as well as additional terms related to water resources.

Central Valley Flood Protection Plan

Considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley; however, this vast region still faces significant flood risk. Approximate ...

Drought

California is no stranger to drought; it is a recurring feature of our climate. We recently experienced the 5-year event of 2012-2016, and other notable histori ...

Climate Change Program Activities

We address climate change impacts through mitigation and adaptation measures to ensure that Californians have an adequate water supply, reliable flood control, ...

History

Before gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, California was "virgin" land. As described by S.T. Harding in his 1960 "Water in California," there were no ...

Economic Modeling and Analysis Tools

We provide technical assistance and policy guidance for economic and demographic analyses to sustainably manage California’s water resources.

Operations and Maintenance

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) manages the California State Water Project (SWP) to ensure adequate water supplies are available under various hydrologi ...

Groundwater Recharge

Groundwater recharge is a key strategy throughout California to manage water through climate-driven weather extremes, including prolonged drought and periodic i ...

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