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Coastal Watershed Flood Risk Reduction Program

The Coastal Watershed Flood Risk Reduction Grant Program will fund projects in coastal areas that focus on multi-benefit flood risk reduction.

Proposition 84 Delta Water Quality Program

The Proposition 84 Delta Water Quality Program provided $90 million in grants to implement Delta water quality improvement projects that protect drinking water ...

Agriculture Water Use Efficiency CDFA-DWR Pilot Project

Through this competitive grant program, DWR and CDFA intended to demonstrate the potential multiple benefits of conveyance enhancements combined with on-farm ag ...

CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Loan Program

AB 92 (Statutes of 2015) authorized the transfer of funds from Proposition 1 (Water Code Section 79746) to the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund t ...

Urban Water Loss

Drought and other water shortage issues highlight the need to manage water loss in water distribution systems.

Water Energy Grant Program

The Water-Energy Grant Program provides funds to implement water efficiency programs or projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce water and ener ...

Searsville Watershed Restoration Project

DWR is the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lead agency for the Searsville Watershed Restoration Project which will be implemented by Stanford Univer ...

Water Energy Nexus

Water and energy are often managed separately, despite the important links between the two. Water is used in the production of nearly every major energy source. ...

State Water Project

The California State Water Project (SWP) is a water storage and delivery system of reservoirs, aqueducts, power plants and pumping plants extending more than 60 ...

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 ...

Groundbreaking Held for DWR-Funded Project to Improve Drinking Water, Sewer Services

Elected officials, federal and state government representatives, local agencies and community members gathered October 17 in Mecca, Calif., to witness the groun ...

Grant and Loan Programs

DWR offers a number of grant and loan programs that support integrated water management activities addressing environmental stewardship, water supply reliabilit ...

DWR Captures and Stores Water from Record-Breaking Snowpack

2023 has demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme to another -- as severe drought conditions gave way to flooding and one of the largest sn ...

Putting the ‘Flood’ in Flood-MAR: Reducing Flood Risk While Replenishing Aquifers

Water management in California includes a diverse range of strategies that often requires a community of water experts to come together, collaborate, and solve ...

DWR's Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California's Critical Water Supply

California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed an increased need for new and easily access ...

DWR Announces New Deputy Director 

DWR announced the appointment of Kristopher A. Tjernell as Deputy Director of the Integrated Watershed Management Program on May 9, 2018.

DWR Water Wednesday: Flood Risk in California...And What to Do About It

Join Mike Mierzwa, Chief of DWR’s Floodplain Management Office, to learn about the different types of floods that we face in California, what causes them, and h ...

DWR Water Wednesdays: Preparing for the Flood

Floods – just like droughts - are a fact of life in California. Join Senior Engineer Connie Perkins, to learn how you and your family can be ready if the floodw ...

DWR Water Wednesday: Sacramento Valley Flood History

What causes floods and what can we do about it? Join George Qualley, P.E., to learn about some of the causes of floods in California, and how communities in the ...

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