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DWR Installs Illuminated Bubble Barrier to Help Young Salmon Migrate Safely Through Delta

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 ...

DWR Investments Help Strengthen Drought Resilience & Prepare Communities for Future Dry Conditions

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 ...

DWR Invests in Groundwater Recharge Efforts in Yolo County

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 ...

DWR is Committed to Building a Climate Resilient Delta to Benefit People, Farms, and Fish

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is committed to building climate resilience in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

DWR Joins Stockton East Water District to Announce $12.2M Investment for Water Resilience Project

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 ...

DWR Launches Interagency Task Force as Part of Advance Planning for Drought Conditions

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 ...

DWR Launches New Web-Based Mapping Tool Showing Nearly 3,000 Groundwater Sustainability Projects

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 ...

DWR Launches New Website to Improve Tracking of Local and Statewide Water Conditions Amid Extreme Dry Conditions

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

DWR Launches Public Comment Period for LandFlex Program to Protect Drinking Water Supplies

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 Launches ‘Be Well Prepared’ Program to Ensure Safe and Reliable Drinking Water for Households and Communities Dependent on Groundwater

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 ...

DWR Launching Salton Sea Habitat Enhancement Project

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 Lead Scientist wins career achievement award

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 ...

DWR Lifts Algal Bloom Advisory at Pyramid Lake

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 ...

DWR Looks to Replace Cost Allocation and Billing Systems Using Expedited Solicitation

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 ...

DWR Meets Nov. 1 Public Safety Milestone

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 ...

DWR Moves to Strengthen Protections for Fish, Improve Real-Time Management of State Water Project

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

DWR Nationally Recognized for Climate Action, Water Resilience by American Water Resources Association

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 Nationally Recognized for Innovative Partnership to Teach Educators the Effects of Climate Change

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

DWR Now Accepting Applications for $510 Million in Financial Assistance to Support Water Supply Reliability, Yard Transformation, and Migratory Birds

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, ...

DWR Now Using 2018/2019 Flood Operations Plan at Oroville

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 ...

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