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For the third time in four years, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) captured a prestigious national Climate Leadership Award for combating clim ...

Congratulations to the 22 apprentices who graduated from the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Apprenticeship Program as Utility Craftsworkers and Hydroelectric ...

Eighteen apprentices are well on their way to jumpstarting their professional careers after completing the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Apprenticeship P ...

DWR presented Dr. Bin Guan with the 2018 Climate Science Service Award for his tool that identifies atmospheric rivers in weather models. The work supports expe ...

DWR, Tribal representatives from across the state and southwest, along with federal, state, and local agencies will gather in Sacramento on April 11–13 to discu ...

DWR today announced a statewide increase in water allocations. 

DWR today announced a statewide increase in State Water Project (SWP) allocations for 2018.

DWR was one of two public agencies to be inducted into the first-ever Climate Leadership Awards Hall of Fame at the national Climate Leadership Conference for i ...

DWR initiated a $100 million funding program to restore capacity to portions of the California Aqueduct, San Luis Canal, Delta-Mendota Canal, and Friant-Kern Ca ...

As part of its ongoing commitment to restore Delta ecosystems and habitat, DWR recently took a significant step in launching a 3,000-acre multi-benefit tidal we ...

To help young salmon survive their perilous migration through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, the Department of Water Resources has begun installing a b ...

Over $217 million of state funds will be invested back into 44 local projects that will help communities adapt to a hotter and drier future thanks to grant fund ...

As part of ongoing efforts to invest in water resilience programs in communities across California, DWR celebrated a $7.9 million grant awarded to the Yolo Subb ...

On Wednesday, Stockton East Water District and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) joined local and federal officials to highlight a $12.2 millio ...

While California’s drought outlook is improving, the State is continuing to proactively prepare for a return to dry conditions amid climate-driven extremes in w ...

A new web-based tool developed by DWR will allow the public to explore thousands of groundwater projects across California to get a better understanding of one ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has launched a new website, California Water Watch, that helps Californians easily access information on current local ...

In drought-stricken communities, drinking water wells are going dry because groundwater is being pumped faster than it can be replenished. To further protect cl ...

DWR today announced the official launch of the new Be Well Prepared program that provides information and resources to help well owners, well users, and local a ...

In a key step toward stemming one of the state’s most significant public health and ecological challenges, DWR today released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) ...