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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 ...

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

Addressing the dual challenges of climate change impacts and endangered species protections, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has received a n ...

Today, the Department of Water Resources released its final 2023 State Water Project Delivery Capability Report, which presents a new and enhanced analysis of c ...

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 ...

A new report released today by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) examines how a combination of strategies, most importantly the Delta Conveyance Project, ...

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 ...

A new report released today shows that changes to reservoir operations at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir can further reduce flood risk for communi ...

California’s Groundwater Data Collection is Empowering Local Agencies to Implement Solutions Tailored to Communities

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

California’s San Joaquin Basin is at the center of the state’s water challenges, with decades of groundwater overdraft and increasingly severe floods putting wa ...

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 ...

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

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