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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 ...

DWR Enters ‘Whale’s Belly’ to Combat Climate Change, Protect Water Deliveries

A marshy tract known as Sherman Island is one of the most sensitive and geographically important locations for water conveyance in California. On May 11, DWR be ...

DWR Environmental Scientist Veronica Wunderlich Discusses Her Work with Reptiles and Amphibians

Veronica Wunderlich is a DWR senior environmental scientist with a focus in herpetology – the study of reptiles and amphibians. Veronica discusses how she got s ...

DWR Finalizes $85.8 Million in Grants for Local Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

DWR today announced awarding $85.8 million in grants for groundwater sustainability projects that directly benefit severely disadvantaged communities.

DWR Finalizes Basin Prioritizations under SGMA

DWR today announced final basin prioritization for the majority of groundwater basins in the state as required under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ...

DWR Finalizes Groundwater Basin Boundary Modifications under SGMA

DWR announced final decisions for groundwater basin boundary modifications requested by local agencies as part of the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwa ...

DWR Forms Partnership for Design and Construction of WaterFix

DWR entered into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement with the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA), forming a partnership for the design an ...

DWR Funded Project Provides Support to Firefighters During Oak Fire

With temperatures rising and climate change increasing drought conditions in California, a project funded by DWR provided critical fire-fighting support to the ...

DWR Gets Fish Friendly with Retooled Infrastructure in Yolo Bypass

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 ...

DWR Gets Four-Legged Help to Prevent Wildfires

The steep hillsides around Lake Oroville’s Lime Saddle recreational facilities in Butte County are covered with dry grass and underbrush. This week, nine acres ...

DWR Gets Hands-on with Thiamine Deficiency in Spring-run Salmon

California’s Central Valley is home to four runs of Chinook salmon: spring, fall, late-fall, and winter. Spring-run and winter-run Chinook salmon are currently ...

DWR Helps Educate Thousands at Oroville Salmon Festival

More than 20,000 visitors and residents joined in the festivities of Oroville’s annual Salmon Festival on September 22 to welcome Chinook salmon back to the Fea ...

DWR Highlights Indigenous Cultural Burning Practices in Central Valley Film Showcase

DWR, in collaboration with the North Fork Mono Tribe and Sonoma State University, joined nine other filmmakers in debuting a documentary at a Central Valley fil ...

DWR Highlights Successful Partnership with California’s Farming Community to Protect Groundwater Supplies

Thanks to a collaborative and forward-thinking partnership with groundwater sustainability agencies and California farmers, the Department of Water Resources’ ( ...

DWR Honored for Climate Leadership: Department Is Recognized for Meeting, Exceeding GHG Emission Goal

For the third time in four years, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has won a Climate Leadership Award for efforts to combat climate change.

DWR Honored for Partnership and Collaboration on Levee Improvement Project

DWR recently received a project of the year award from the International Partnering Institute (IPI) for its successful collaboration and levee improvement work ...

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