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DWR Research Vessel Helps Monitor Climate Change in Delta

This April marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and to commemorate its theme of “climate action” the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is highlighting an ...

Dam Safety and the Importance of the Division of Safety of Dams with Andy Mangney

The California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) oversees the California Dam Safety Program that regulates approximately 1,250 da ...

Next Steps for Delta Conveyance

DWR continues to advance the Delta Conveyance Project, which is being planned to maintain reliability of the state’s water system in decades to come.

DWR Relaunches its Research Vessel Monitoring Program After COVID-19 Delays

After being docked for three months due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) relaunched its research vessel monitoring program, the ...

Numbers Increase for Lake Oroville Bald Eagles

Seven nesting pairs of bald eagles who have made the Oroville area their home are once again raising families. Environmental scientists from the Department of W ...

DWR Honors Apprenticeship Program’s Newest Graduates

Eighteen apprentices are well on their way to jumpstarting their professional careers after completing the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Apprenticeship P ...

Q/A: Atmospheric Rivers and Their Impact on California's Reservoirs

“Pineapple Express” or “Atmospheric River” are terms you may hear often. But what do they mean, really? DWR Climate Change Program Section Chief, Elissa Lynn, ...

DWR Wins Outstanding Project and Leader Awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers

The Oroville Dam Spillways Reconstruction Project and Department of Water Resources State Water Project Deputy Director Ted Craddock, were recognized by the Ame ...

DWR continues to protect native species and habitats during COVID-19

While adapting to social distancing guidelines and recommendations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff have been contin ...

DWR Scientist Uses COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing Technology to Help Protect Endangered Fish Species

A scientist within the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Division of Environmental Services (DES) has found a way to use gene-editing technology, most recent ...

DWR Unveils New Benchmark Toward Reducing Carbon Emissions

The Department of Water Resources has released California's first-ever greenhouse gas emissions performance metric to help the Department reduce its carbon foot ...

One Year Later, DWR Has Provided Nearly Half a Billion in Drought Relief to Communities

A year after receiving funding from the Budget Act of 2021, DWR has successfully awarded more than $440 million to date in drought relief assistance to small an ...

Q/A: Going With the Flow: Modern Intake Design Goes Easy on the Fish

Preventing fish from getting caught up in the water diverted at the intakes - a situation known as “entrainment” - is a high priority and many innovative techno ...

Delta Conveyance: A Fresh Look Yields a New Project

Modernizing how California moves water supplies across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can’t be done by repeating the past.

Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority Announced

The Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) has been formed as a Joint Powers Authority by the participating public water agencies. It will be ...

Researchers Test New Approach to Improve Fish Habitat in Suisun Marsh

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) will soon embark on a novel approach to boost the Delta smelt population in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Protecting the Delta: Proposition 84 at Work in Lodi

The City of Lodi is expanding its water pollution control facility along the Delta with the help from $4.6 million in grant funding from voter-approved Proposit ...

State's Comprehensive Plan to Improve Flows for Fisheries

On December 12, 2018, DWR and CDFW Directors Nemeth and Bonham respectively, presented progress on the voluntary agreements to the SWRCB as an alternative to th ...

Construction Wraps Up for 2 New Fish Release Sites in the Delta

Thanks to the helping hand of two new state-of-the-art fish release sites in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, salvaged fish from the John E. Skinner Delta Fish ...

Private sector partnership underlines DWR Flyway Farms restoration project

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) completed construction on a 350-acre tidal restoration project at Yolo Flyway Farms on the northwestern edge of the Sacr ...

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