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National Groundwater Awareness Week (#GWAW2018)

National Groundwater Awareness Week (#GWAW2018) is an annual event established to highlight the responsible development, management, and use of groundwater.

National Hydrography Dataset Stewardship Program

The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) are used to portray the flow of surface water on the The National Map which is maint ...

New Dam Safety Regulations for Public Review – Administrative Enforcement and Information Requests

This notice serves to inform all interested parties that new regulations for administration enforcement and information requests prepared by the California Depa ...

New Data Shows Subsidence Continued in Water Year 2021, But Pace Slower than Seen in Previous Droughts

DWR released new satellite-based data that show subsidence – or the sinking of the land surface due to excessive groundwater pumping – continues in the state. D ...

New Data Viewer Allows Public to See the Hidden Groundwater Basins Beneath our Feet and Helps Decision Makers Prepare for Drought Impacts

With California in the third year of a severe drought and facing continued extreme weather swings, DWR has been developing and using new data and forecasting to ...

New DWR Powerplant Turbine Helps California Achieve Clean Energy Future

DWR took another step in its ambitious efforts to reduce climate change impacts by replacing an old electricity-generating turbine with a new, energy efficient ...

New Flood System Repair Program (FSRP) Guidelines 2021 Update Now Available

DWR, Flood Maintenance and Operations Branch (FMO) is pleased to announce that the new Flood System Repair Program Guidelines 2021 Update is now available.

New Report Highlights Key Factors Affecting State Water Project Deliveries

As California enters a possible fourth dry year, DWR has released its biennial report to help water managers better understand how key factors, like climate cha ...

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 ...

New Scale Describes Intensity, Potential Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers

Many of us are familiar with the category system that ranks the severity of hurricanes and tornadoes. A similar system is now being rolled out for atmospheric r ...

New Water Year Begins Amid Preparations for Continued Drought

Conserving water has become a way of life in California, especially as projections forecast warmer, drier conditions. The State’s new water year has begun and w ...

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 ...

New Year, New Look, Same Commitment

Today, DWR debuts a new digital look. Our website redesign is but one of many changes that the department is and has been undergoing. In order to meet the evolv ...

New Yolo Bypass Fish Passage Project Approved: Migration Corridor to Protect Endangered Fish

DWR has secured final state and federal approval for a project that will expand a migration corridor for fish to the Yolo Bypass, the Sacramento Valley’s main f ...

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From news releases to newsletters, we offer a number of ways to access the latest information on our projects, events, publications, and more. You can also foll ...

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.

NOA of DEIR for Lower Creek Flood and Ecosystem Improvement Project Phase 1

DWR announces the availability of a draft environmental impact report (EIR) prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the ...

NOA of DEIR for Perris Seepage Recovery Project

This notice serves to inform all interested parties that a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) prepared by the California Department of Water Resources (DW ...

NOA of DEIR Milburn Pond Isolation Project

This notice serves to inform all interested parties that a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) prepared by the California Department of Water Resources (DW ...

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