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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

As State Agencies Do Their Part to Prepare this Winter, Californians Are Also Encouraged to Plan Ahead for Flooding

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

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

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 ...