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DWR Women Scientists Highlight Field Work, Careers in Social Media Takeover

DWR environmental scientists – Morgan Battey, Vanessa Velasco, and Chelsea Palisoc – shared their diverse contributions to protecting the environment in a week- ...

DWR Working With 4 Counties in the Tulare Lake Basin To Support Snowmelt Flood Planning

DWR and multiple state, federal, and local agencies are working together to prepare for the snowmelt and protect communities from flooding.

DWR's Climate Change Science Leadership Highlighted in Fourth Assessment Brochure

Ever since Deputy Director Robert Potter testified on climate change to a Congressional subcommittee in 1988, DWR has been a leading voice in addressing this th ...

DWR's Division of Engineering Receives International Award for Construction and Collaboration

DWR's Division of Engineering has been named the International Partnering Institute’s 11th annual Partnering Champion Award recipient for 2020.

DWR's Go Golden Initiative Celebrates a Year of Remarkable Partnerships

In February 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched the Go Golden Initiative to highlight partnerships between the State and local organizations ...

DWR's Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California's Critical Water Supply

California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed an increased need for new and easily access ...

DWR's Groundwater Program Key to Long-Term Water Resilience

California’s new water year started on October 1 and with continued warm and dry weather in the long-range forecasts, the State is preparing for a fourth dry ye ...

DWR's Roadmap to Reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2035

California’s changing climate is one of the biggest challenges facing the state, resulting in intense weather extremes that negatively affect public safety and ...

DWR, Local Agencies Commemorate Completion of State Water Project's East Branch Extension

DWR and local partners commemorated the completion of a project to extend the State Water Project’s East Branch Aqueduct to bring additional supplies to communi ...

DWR, partner agencies, provide free water education resources for distance learning

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its partners are providing learning resources to support water education while many California families are dealing ...

DWR, Reclamation Submit Request to Adjust Water Right Permit Conditions to Conserve Storage

Following the driest three-year period on record, California experienced one of the wettest three weeks in January. But now those extreme wet conditions have ac ...

DWR, State Agencies Host Workshops to Help Small, Rural Areas With Ongoing Drought

As California’s severe drought worsens, DWR and State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) are taking action to help small and rural communities.

DWR-Funded Project in Victorville Improves Flood Safety, Groundwater Recharge

State representatives and local San Bernardino County agencies recently celebrated the completion of the Stormwater Flood Reduction Project – a DWR-funded effor ...

DWR-Funded Restoration Project in Oakland Improves Water Quality, Fish Habitat

Local agencies, State government representatives, and community members came together May 11 to celebrate the completion of the Upper Sausal Creek Erosion Contr ...

DWR-Netherlands Collaboration

Climate change staff shares an approach to climate change planning with the Dutch...in the Netherlands.

DWR’s Apprenticeship Program Celebrates 50 Years of Success

Since the inception of DWR's Operation and Maintenance apprentice program in 1971, 581 apprentices have graduated from the program, which guarantees jobs as jou ...

DWR’s Drainage Reuse Grant Program Offers $1 Million in Competetive Grants

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released the Final 2020 Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package for the Drainage Reuse Grant Program.

DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley

DWR's innovative Statewide Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey Project has now released AEM data for the entire Central Valley of California, marking a major ...

DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program Offers $47.75 Million in Competitive Grants

DWR released the final Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP) for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program. Grant applications can be su ...

DWR’s Water Desalination Grant Program Begins Accepting Applications

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has re-opened the Continuous Application Process (CAP) for the Water Desalination Grant Program and is now accepting app ...

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