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DWR Awards $49 Million to Help Small Communities Prepare for Continued Drought Conditions

With California preparing for a third dry year, DWR announced its sixth round of local assistance through the Small Community Drought Relief program.

DWR Awards $5 Million for Delta Communities to Improve Flood Emergency Response

DWR today announced awarding $5 million in funding for seven emergency response agencies within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to increase their ability to re ...

DWR Awards $50.4 Million to Protect California Communities from Flood Risk

DWR announced awarding $50.4 million in funding for 18 flood management and protection projects across the state.

DWR Awards $65.8 Million in Grants to Support Local Water Resilience Projects Around the State

A water treatment expansion project that will serve more than 1 million Californians is just one of the many projects to receive grant funding from DWR as part ...

DWR Awards $7 Million in Grants for Urban Streams Restoration

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced $7 million in grants to restore streams, creeks, and rivers to more natural environmental conditions and reduc ...

DWR Awards $86 Million to Build Water Resilience for Millions of Californians

DWR today awarded $86 million in financial assistance to meet the immediate and long-term water needs for millions of Californians in local communities small an ...

DWR Awards $9.2 Million in Grants to Protect Communities from Floods, Support Fish Populations and Restore Streams

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 ...

DWR Awards Another $25 Million in Drought Relief for Small Communities

As part of a continuing effort to address drought impacts across the state, DWR announced its fourth round of funding commitments through the Small Community Dr ...

DWR Awards More Than $53 Million in Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Funding

DWR released its first phase of awards to 20 projects through the Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program. The funding awards will provide critical ...

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

This week, DWR began construction to remove the emergency drought salinity barrier from the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, fulfilling the ...

DWR Breaks Ground on Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project

The Department of Water Resources (DWR), along with state and local partners, today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Delta’s largest tidal wetlands restorat ...

DWR Calls for Increased Collaboration in Climate Change Fight With “Moving to Action” Plan

To adapt to intensifying extremes, federal, state, and local governments must be proactive in analyzing how climate change may impact California’s natural resou ...

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 ...

DWR Careers Webinar: Sharpen Your Interview Skills

Join us for DWR’s ‘Sharpen Your Interview Skills’ webinar. Our professionals will be there to share some DWR interview tips.

DWR Careers Webinar: Women in STEM

Join us for the first DWR careers webinar of 2021 to meet some of our women STEM professionals and learn why they chose DWR .

DWR Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month

It’s estimated that the California Gold Rush brought close to 300,000 people from all over the world to our state in the mid-19th century. Among them, were some ...

DWR Celebrates Groundwater Awareness Week!

Groundwater Awareness Week is March 9-15, and DWR is celebrating all week long.

DWR Celebrates the Completion of Tidal Habitat Restoration in the Delta

DWR gathered with its partners and contractors Oct. 15 to celebrate the completion of the 460-acre tidal wetland known as Tule Red in the Suisun Marsh.

DWR Celebrates the Hidden Water Resource Beneath Our Feet During National Groundwater Awareness Week

Coming up from March 10 to 16, the Department of Water Resources will celebrate Groundwater Awareness Week to provide an opportunity for the public to learn abo ...

DWR Certifies Final EIR for Delta’s Largest Tidal Habitat Restoration Project

DWR has moved one step closer to starting construction on the Delta’s largest multi-benefit tidal restoration and flood improvement project – Lookout Slough.

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