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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) ...

DWR’s Lead Scientist Ted Sommer, whose decades of research into fish and ecology has influenced scientific policy and management in California, received a caree ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today lifted its algal bloom caution advisory at Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County. Caution signs have been removed fro ...

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will soon embark on an expedited and phased solicitation for its aging State Water Project Cost Allocation an ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced it has met its goal of completely reconstructing the main spillway at Oroville Dam by Nov. 1 to be prepared fo ...

Moving to strengthen safeguards for fish and expand science-based decision making, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) took formal steps to begin environme ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) was nationally recognized for its leadership in climate action and integrated water management at the 2024 American Wate ...

DWR received its fifth Climate Leadership Award for its work teaching educators about the effects of climate change.

As California prepares for extreme drought to extend into a fourth year, DWR is gearing up to provide $510 million in financial assistance to help communities, ...

As construction ramps down at Oroville’s main and emergency spillways in 2019, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is operating the reservoir und ...

DWR released the final Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package for the Riverine Stewardship Program, which provides funding to plan and implement projects ...

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the final Proposition 68 Implementation Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP) for the Sustainable Groundwater Man ...

As DWR continues to support local actions to protect groundwater resources over the long term, today it released the Final Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation ...

To address drought impacts across the state, DWR announced the release of the program guidelines and proposal solicitation package to distribute $200 million in ...

DWR announced a 15-day public comment period for projects selected under the second phase of the Small Communities Flood Risk Reduction Program (SCFRR). The SCF ...