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Stream Gages Help Californians Better Understand Water Resources

Stream gages are critical for managing California’s water resources. The devices help with early flood warning and generate important data used by the Departmen ...

State & Local Officials Highlight $15 Million in Investments for Local Water Resilience Projects in the Central Valley

On Thursday, DWR joined California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and local officials from across the Central Valley to highlight the $15 million in ...

Climate Change and Water

Climate change is already impacting water and other resources in California, and will continue to do so as California’s population and demand for water increase ...

CDFW Issues Permit to DWR for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for long-term operations ...

DWR Awards $65.8 Million in Grants to Support Local Water Resilience Projects Around the State

A water treatment expansion project that will serve more than 1 million Californians is just one of the many projects to receive grant funding from DWR as part ...

New Water Year Underway, California Prepares for a Possible Wet El Niño Year

DWR today highlighted how the State and its federal and local partners are preparing for the new water year which started October 1 and the possibility of anoth ...

DWR Releases California Water Plan 2023 Assumptions and Estimates Report

In preparation for the California Water Plan Update 2023 (Update 2023), DWR will release the Draft Assumptions and Estimates Report (A&E Report) on Tuesday, Oct ...

Operations of the State Water Project and Delta Conveyance Informational Webinar Highlights

DWR hosted a series of webinars to provide background information related to preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Delta C ...

Water Plan Update 2018: A Framework for a Water Resilient California

Water plays an essential role in the daily lives of Californians, requiring careful management of our water resources.

Join DWR for Groundwater Awareness Week and Learn How the Water Beneath our Feet Plays a Critical Role in California

This week marks National Groundwater Awareness Week, and as California enters a third consecutive year of drought it is more important than ever to be aware of ...

East Porterville Water Supply Project Connects 755 Homes

Today, a partnership of state and local agencies, working to help homeowners affected by California’s multi-year drought, finished connecting 755 homes to a saf ...

State Delivers $55 Million to Sacramento Water Agencies in Support of Local Water Resilience Projects

To help combat climate change and drought impacts on regional water supplies, the California Natural Resources Agency and Department of Water Resources have par ...

SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity Featuring DWR Water Exhibit Now Open

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is a proud sponsor of the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC), formerly known as the Powerhouse Scie ...

Q/A: How does DWR manage water allocations to the state’s public water agencies?

The business of water allocations – simply put, who receives water from the State Water Project (SWP) and who gets to decide how much – is the subject of two ne ...

State Agencies Partner to Support Salmon Populations While Supplying Water to Millions of Californians

California’s severe climate-driven drought is having a significant impact on the state’s water supply, but it’s also putting the state’s salmon population at se ...

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 Now Accepting Applications for $510 Million in Financial Assistance to Support Water Supply Reliability, Yard Transformation, and Migratory Birds

As California prepares for extreme drought to extend into a fourth year, DWR is gearing up to provide $510 million in financial assistance to help communities, ...

DWR Announces Initial State Water Project Allocation of 5 percent, Outlines Actions for a Possible Fourth Dry Year

DWR announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation of 5 percent of requested supplies for 2023. The SWP provides water to 29 public water agencies th ...

New Report Shows Continued Water Conservation Is Key to Enabling Suppliers to Meet Demand

As directed by 2018 legislation, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today submitted a first report to the State Water Resources Control Board summarizing h ...

Water Habitat Pilot Project

The Water Habitat Pilot Project is 1 of 3 that was awarded a Proposition 84 grant from DWR’s Salton Sea Financial Assistance Program (FAP). The FAP was created ...

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