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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 ...

West Delta Program

The West Delta is an extremely important asset that protects against migration of salt water ensuring water quality for upstream uses (including potable and agr ...

Calaveras River / Budiselich Flashboard Dam Fish Passage Improvement

Budiselich Flashboard Dam is located within the Stockton Diverting Canal, just upstream of the Highway 99 Bridge on the eastern boundary of the City of Stockton ...

Juvenile Salmon Collection System

In February 2022, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) received $1.5 million in funding for the Juvenile Salmonid Collection System (JSCS) Pilot P ...

Lower Butte Creek

Several agencies and water districts have implemented restoration projects in the Butte Creek watershed, with the goals of improving fish passage, increasing na ...

Skinner Evaluations and Improvements Study (SEIS)

At the John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility up to 15 million fish a year are saved from pumps that lift water into the California Aqueduct before they ...

Green Sturgeon Laboratory Study

Green Sturgeon are native to California and migrate from saltwater and brackish water to freshwater to spawn. Green Sturgeon are federally identified as a threa ...

Interagency Ecological Program (IEP)

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations since the ...

Biological Monitoring & Assessment

In concert with the CDFW’s Zooplankton group, we collect discrete biological data in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary. Benthic Organisms, phytoplankton and zo ...

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