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Update on Lake Oroville Operations - March 21, 2023

DWR continues to reduce releases from Lake Oroville to the Feather River. Water outflows from the lake were reduced to 20,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) today, ...

New Data Viewer Allows Public to See the Hidden Groundwater Basins Beneath our Feet and Helps Decision Makers Prepare for Drought Impacts

With California in the third year of a severe drought and facing continued extreme weather swings, DWR has been developing and using new data and forecasting to ...

DWR Program Assists Tribal and Underrepresented Communities With Groundwater Challenges

Within the State of California, Tribes and underrepresented communities face many challenges accessing clean, affordable water supplies such as groundwater – es ...

Living With Earthquakes: How DWR Maintains Vigilance and Resources to Respond to the Next Jolt

When a magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Isleton in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta on October 18, it was a reminder of the threat posed to critical S ...

County Drought Advisory Group Meeting – April 30, 2019

The third County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) meeting will be held on April 30, 2019.

Will This Winter Be Wet or Dry? DWR Leads Innovative Effort to Advance Forecasting Research

California’s 2020 Water Year, which ran from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, emphasized the State’s extreme weather swings, with drenching rains in the southern part of the ...

Proposition 204 Drainage Reuse Grant Program

The Drainage Reuse Grant Program provides funds to local public agencies, including public universities, in the state of California for research and/or programs ...

Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects

The Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects Program works directly with local agencies to provide critical financial assistance for flood protection in the ...

60-Day Proposal Solicitation Period Opens for Small Communities Flood Risk Reduction Program

The California Department of Water Resources announced the opening of the 60-day proposal solicitation period for the Small Communities Flood Risk Reduction Pro ...

CalSim II

The Water Resource Integrated Modeling System (WRIMS model engine, or WRIMS) is a generalized water resources modeling system for evaluating operational alterna ...

Georgiana Slough Salmonid Migratory Barrier Project

Survival of juvenile salmon in the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta is determined by many factors including their migration route. Along with our partners at the U. ...

Integrated Science and Engineering

Our Division of Environmental Services (DES) ensures we comply with extensive federal, state, and local regulations. With science as our foundation, the informa ...

Infrastructure

The California we know today – with a population of nearly 40 million people and agricultural land covering millions of acres – would not be possible without ma ...

History

In 1955, severe flooding killed 64 people and caused $200 million in property damage in Northern and Central California. In response, Governor Goodwin J. Knight ...

Climate Change Basics

Climate change is impacting California’s water resources, as evidenced by changes in snowpack, sea level, and river flows. As we seek to adapt to and mitigate t ...

Environment

The environment is made up of living and nonliving elements – air, water, minerals, and organisms – that are located in a specific area or broadly across a land ...

SWP Financing and Cost Recovery

A large portion of the State Water Project (SWP) has been financed from the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds. Bond issuances account for 82 per ...

System Reoperation Program

In 2008, the State Legislature authorized and directed the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to identify options for the reoperation of the state’s existing f ...

Statewide Infrastructure Investigations

The Statewide Infrastructure Investigations Branch provides planning and technical expertise across DWR programs in support of sustainable water resources manag ...

North Delta Program

The North Delta Flood Control and Ecosystem Restoration Program (NDFCERP) consists of flood control and habitat improvements where the Mokelumne River, Cosumnes ...

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