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DWR Submits Delta Conveyance Project Section 404 Permit Application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

DWR has submitted a (revised) Department of the Army permit application pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors ...

DWR Supports Flood Fight Efforts at Pajaro River Levee Break

As storms continue to bring rain and snow to California this winter, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is working to provide support to communities impact ...

DWR Symposium Highlights the Need to Prepare for Flooding Even During a Drought

With California in extreme drought and facing ongoing extreme climate events, DWR gathered scientists, water policy experts, and members of communities impacted ...

DWR Takes Actions to Support State’s Future Water Supply Strategy

DWR announced new steps that, if approved, could save enough water to supply 4.7 million Californians annually while making conservation more affordable through ...

DWR Takes Next Steps Towards Groundwater Sustainability

California has reached a major milestone in its implementation of the landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

DWR Takes Steps to Support Statewide Energy Grid During Heat Emergency

As California faces an extreme heat wave over Labor Day Weekend, DWR is doing its part to support the statewide energy grid during extreme climate-driven events ...

DWR Talks Season-to-Season Weather Forecasting

Predicting the arrival and intensity of atmospheric rivers would greatly benefit water managers, reservoir operators, and flood prevention agencies in their wor ...

DWR Teams with State, Federal Partners to Protect Endangered Species in SWP Waters

A team of DWR scientists are working with federal and state partners to embrace the challenge of overseeing the implementation of one of the most complex endang ...

DWR to Increase Outflows from Lake Oroville

With ongoing wet weather and in anticipation of increased runoff inflows into the reservoir, DWR will increase outflows through the Hyatt Powerplant on Wednesda ...

DWR to Invest Millions in Groundwater Sustainability for Disadvantaged Communities and Local Agencies 

DWR today announced $85.8 million in grants for groundwater sustainability projects that directly benefit severely disadvantaged communities, and for local agen ...

DWR to Use Innovative Airborne Technology to Map State’s Groundwater Basins

DWR is using an innovative, helicopter-based technology to gather information about the state’s groundwater aquifer structure to support drought response and th ...

DWR Unveils New Benchmark Toward Reducing Carbon Emissions

The Department of Water Resources has released California's first-ever greenhouse gas emissions performance metric to help the Department reduce its carbon foot ...

DWR Uses Genetic Technology to Help Identify Endangered Fish

DWR is using the latest genetic technologies to more accurately identify endangered fish at the State Water Project pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

DWR Uses Kern River Intertie to Redirect Flood Water from Tulare Lake

DWR is using a unique piece of State Water Project SWP infrastructure for the first time since 2006 to reduce the amount of flood waters going into Tulare Lake ...

DWR Uses Oroville Main Spillway

Due to forecasted storms and growing snowpack, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will begin to release flows at 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Orovil ...

DWR Video Goes 360°

DWR’s video team just produced a new video of the Oroville spillways reconstruction work offering the audience an opportunity to experience the content in 360 d ...

DWR Virtual Career Fair

DWR is hosting our first virtual career fair on Tuesday, March 23. Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet some of our professionals from our apprenticeship p ...

DWR Water Flow Experiment Successfully Increases Habitat for Endangered Delta Smelt

By experimenting with how salty ocean water mixes with fresh water within the Suisun Marsh, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has found a way to improve h ...

DWR Water Wednesday - Flood Preparedness Begins With You

Floods are a natural part of California’s water cycle. While most occur in winter, they can happen during any month and anywhere in the state. So how do we prep ...

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