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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 ...

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 ...

Basin Prioritization

Basin prioritization is the process of applying datasets and information in a consistent, statewide manner focused on the core premise that basins meeting the c ...

AB 2543: Budget and Schedule for Infrastructure Projects

The Department of Water Resources constructs, operates, and maintains several large-scale infrastructure projects as part of its mission to sustainably manage t ...

Adjudicated Areas

Groundwater adjudication occurs when multiple water users in a single basin file an action in superior or federal district court to resolve a dispute about wate ...

DWR Offers Grants for Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief

To address drought impacts across the state, DWR announced the release of the program guidelines and proposal solicitation package to distribute $200 million in ...

Survey Shows Areas of Land Subsidence in Sacramento Valley

New data released measure changes in land subsidence in the Sacramento Valley over the past nine years, finding the greatest land surface declines near the city ...

Statewide Snowpack Falls Well Below Average Following Consecutive Dry Months

DWR conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Following a January and February that will enter records as the driest documented in stat ...

DWR Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month

It’s estimated that the California Gold Rush brought close to 300,000 people from all over the world to our state in the mid-19th century. Among them, were some ...

DWR Awards $5 Million for Delta Communities to Improve Flood Emergency Response

DWR today announced awarding $5 million in funding for seven emergency response agencies within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to increase their ability to re ...

UWMP Webinar - Considering Climate Change

This webinar will present recommendations and ideas for how to consider and incorporate climate change projections into your UWMP in terms of water demands, sup ...

Early Winter Storms Provide Much-Needed Sierra Snowpack

DWR conducted the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Early winter storms this month provided a strong start to the season and some drought rel ...

DWR Announces Draft Basin Prioritization under SGMA for 57 Modified Basins

DWR announced draft basin prioritization for 57 groundwater basins recently affected by basin boundary changes under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ...

DWR policy advisor receives recognition for work with California Tribes

With over 30 years of advocacy experience on behalf of California’s Native American tribes, DWR Tribal Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez was recently honored wit ...

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