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DWR Completes Installation of Emergency Salinity Drought Barrier

After three weeks of round-the-clock work, the emergency drought salinity barrier (EDSB) was completed in late June. The barrier will help prevent saltwater con ...

DWR Completes Juvenile Salmon Habitat Study Amid COVID-19 Emergency

A DWR study investigating the growth rate of juvenile Chinook salmon raised in the Suisun Marsh area of Solano County was forced to conclude early due to the on ...

DWR Completes Scheduled Removal of West False River Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier

DWR has completed the removal of a drought salinity barrier from the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

DWR Concludes Groundwater Awareness Week Activities and Releases Update on Statewide Groundwater Conditions

Each year, DWR celebrates National Groundwater Awareness Week by distributing information and educational materials that increase the public’s understanding of ...

DWR Conducts May 1 Snow Survey to Continue to Collect Data on Spring Runoff

DWR today conducted the fifth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station.

DWR continues to protect native species and habitats during COVID-19

While adapting to social distancing guidelines and recommendations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff have been contin ...

DWR Contributes $16 Million to Support Desalination Research, Improved Energy Efficiency

California is facing the real-time impacts of a changing climate evident by our state’s historic drought. With limited water supplies, California must look to i ...

DWR Convenes Inaugural Community-Led Meeting for Oroville Dam Safety Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) convened the inaugural meeting of a community-led group of local elected officials and stakeholder organizations ...

DWR Crowdsources Cutting Edge Science to Protect Spring-Run Salmon

Spring-run Chinook used to be the dominant run of salmon in California’s Central Valley, with more than a million spawners spread across nearly every river and ...

DWR Delivers $143.7 Million to Local Communities to Address Regional Water Supply Challenges and Build Climate Resilience

State funding will help communities implement groundwater recharge, flood management, water conservation, and water supply reliability projects.

DWR Delivers $2 Million For Urgent Drought Relief Projects

DWR is providing critical financial support to four urgent projects in Humboldt, Los Angeles, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties through the Small Community D ...

DWR Deploys World Class Expertise for Delta Conveyance Design

One of the many jobs of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to ensure that its public infrastructure assets—like the State Water Project—are m ...

DWR Digs Deep to Bring Safe Drinking Water to a Rural Community Whose Wells Ran Dry

You probably won’t find the town of Okieville on a map of California, but it’s been a lifetime home to most of the residents of the “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” c ...

DWR Director Emphasizes Science-Based Approach to Addressing Climate Change

DWR Director Karla Nemeth told a global audience of water experts and policymakers Thursday that the department has embraced a science-based approach to withsta ...

DWR Director Karla Nemeth Reacts to Transition of DCA Executive Director

Kathryn Mallon is an exceptionally talented and competent engineer. She has served the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) and the Delta Co ...

DWR Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Medical Center Combating COVID-19

DWR staff have gathered Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from various divisions to donate to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

DWR Earns Environmental Award

DWR received the Outstanding Environmental Project Award for its more than 2,000 acres of carbon sequestration, land subsidence reversal, and wetlands creation, ...

DWR Employee Uses Quilting Hobby to Aid First Responders Amid Pandemic

Face coverings have become vital to our public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. When DWR employee Linda Slavik learned of the overwhelming need for face mas ...

DWR Encourages Counties, Communities to be ‘Well Prepared’ to Support Dry Drinking Water Wells

As California continues to experience climate-driven severe drought conditions, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is providing tools and resources to help ...

DWR Engineers Recognized by CAL FIRE for Thomas Wildfire Response

DWR engineers Trevor Morgan and Scott Kennedy were recognized by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) for their work as part of ...

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