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DWR announced $9.2 million in grants to five projects that will restore streams and creeks to more natural environmental conditions and reduce flood risk across ...

With recent storms increasing runoff into Lake Oroville, DWR is monitoring lake levels and taking steps to prepare in the event the newly reconstructed main spi ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and California State Parks announced Lake Oroville State Recreation Area’s Spillway Boat Ramp area will remain open for ...

DWR in coordination with California State Parks and the California Highway Patrol, announced the reopening of public access to the Dam Crest Road, or Oro Dam Bo ...

DWR announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation of 10 percent for the 2020 calendar year.

DWR conducted the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Following three straight months of record dry conditions, the manual survey recorded jus ...

DWR released new satellite-based data that show subsidence – or the sinking of the land surface due to excessive groundwater pumping – continues in the state. D ...

DWR announced the award of $20 million in funding for an innovative pilot project to install solar energy generation over water supply canals in California.

DWR conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Following a January and February that will enter records as the driest documented in stat ...

DWR today highlighted how the State and its federal and local partners are preparing for the new water year which started October 1 and the possibility of anoth ...

The Department of Water Resources today announced decisions for groundwater sustainability plans in 17 non-critically overdrafted groundwater basins in Californ ...

Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that wet and cold storms in March have allowed for another increase to the State Water Project (SWP) al ...

As snow begins to melt in the mountains and make its way to California reservoirs, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced an increase to the St ...

Lake Oroville Community Update for July 9, 2021.

As the planning process for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project continues to move forward, public information and community engagement will remain a central a ...

California’s hydrologic conditions remain dry as February draws to a close.

Get the Lake Oroville operations update for September 27, 2019.

The Sacramento River moves water from Mt. Shasta to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, gathering runoff from the Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada before turning t ...

Many of us are familiar with the category system that ranks the severity of hurricanes and tornadoes. A similar system is now being rolled out for atmospheric r ...

Sean de Guzman is the manager of the Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting section. We sat down with him to get his take on DWR’s annual snow surveys and ho ...