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Fuel Reduction Projects Continue to Reduce Wildfire Threats Around Lake Oroville

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department have jointly launched two major fuel reduction projects designed t ...

DWR Delivers $2 Million For Urgent Drought Relief Projects

DWR is providing critical financial support to four urgent projects in Humboldt, Los Angeles, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties through the Small Community D ...

DWR Announces $6 Million to Support Desalination Projects

As California faces a hotter, drier future and ongoing extreme drought conditions, DWR is offering $6 million in financial assistance to support desalination pr ...

15 California Communities to Receive Drought Funding Amid Extreme Conditions

As part of ongoing efforts to help small communities address water supply challenges amid extreme drought and build water resilience for the future, the Departm ...

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 Releases Draft Environmental Impact Report for Delta Conveyance Project

DWR today released the Draft Environment Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Delta Conveyance Project, marking an important step in evaluating a key strategy to a ...

State Celebrates Two Tidal Habitat Restoration Projects Benefitting Delta Smelt

State, federal, and local agencies gathered this week to celebrate two tidal habitat restoration projects in Solano County that support the survival of Delta sm ...

State Continues to Advance Sustainable Groundwater Management with Release of 17 Basin Determinations

The Department of Water Resources today announced decisions for groundwater sustainability plans in 17 non-critically overdrafted groundwater basins in Californ ...

Public Meeting for the SWP Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance

July 24 set for the first public meeting for the SWP Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance.

Statement from DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Withdrawal of TUCP Application

The Department of Water Resources released the following statement from Director Karla Nemeth on the withdrawal of the Temporary Urgency Change Petition on Janu ...

Real Time Data and Forecasting

Our program is a collaborative effort, obtaining data from 46 sensors operated by DWR, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authorit ...

UWMP Webinar - Methods for Estimating Service Area Population

The focus of this webinar is methods for estimating service area population, including use of the DWR Population Tool.

DWR Contributes $16 Million to Support Desalination Research, Improved Energy Efficiency

California is facing the real-time impacts of a changing climate evident by our state’s historic drought. With limited water supplies, California must look to i ...

DWR Completes Installation of Emergency Salinity Drought Barrier

After three weeks of round-the-clock work, the emergency drought salinity barrier (EDSB) was completed in late June. The barrier will help prevent saltwater con ...

5 Reasons Groundwater is Vital to Californians

If you’re like most Californians, you turn on the faucet and probably don’t think about where your water comes from.

Q/A: Why floodplains are important for California salmon

We sat down with Hailey Wright, a Department of Water Resources (DWR) environmental scientist, to discuss the salmon lifecycle and her work designing and implem ...

DWR Awards $7 Million in Grants for Urban Streams Restoration

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced $7 million in grants to restore streams, creeks, and rivers to more natural environmental conditions and reduc ...

Pyramid Dam Modernization Program Team Completes Spillways Investigations

As part of an effort to modernize Pyramid Dam located in Los Angeles County, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently completed assessments for the dam’ ...

Monitoring Wells: DWR Helps Locals by Installing ‘Eyes Underground’

Groundwater is a life-giving resource located beneath our feet. It provides drinking water for millions of Californians, irrigation water for farmers who grow o ...

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