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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.

DWR Collaborates on the “Park of the Future” Teaming with Nature-based Solutions

California’s newest state park, Dos Rios, officially opened on June 12 in the San Joaquin Valley and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is honored to be on ...

DWR Collaborates With UC Davis to Expand Plant Database for Landscape Community

Attention all horticultural professionals and garden enthusiasts! DWR has partnered with the UC Davis California Center for Urban Horticulture to update a free, ...

DWR Commits to Greater Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions

With the Global Climate Action Summit underway in San Francisco, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its commitment to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) em ...

DWR Completes Castaic Dam Tower Bridge Retrofit

DWR completed the seismic retrofits on Castaic Dam’s tower access bridge in Los Angeles County. The completion marks a major milestone to ensure the resiliency ...

DWR Completes First Phase of Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project

As part of an ongoing effort to protect and restore critical habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, DWR has restored more than half of the 1,187 acres of ...

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 ...

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