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Flood Planning and Studies

Over the last 60 years, California has experienced more than 30 major flood events, resulting in more than 300 lives lost, more than 750 injuries and billions o ...

Delta Conveyance and Flood Protection

The Delta is a unique area of California, located at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, where the elevation of the land surface is as much ...

Regional Flood Management Planning

Following adoption of the 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (2012 CVFPP), DWR funded six regionally-led Regional Flood Management Plans (RFMPs) that des ...

Delta Ecosystem Enhancement

The Delta Ecosystem Enhancement (DEE) section is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who develop, enhance, and maintain ecologically effective ...

Delta Ecosystem Enhancement Advance Mitigation

Since 1990, DWR has invested over $80 million to create 3,300 acres of habitat enhancement and mitigation sites in the Delta

Solano County Habitat Restoration Partnership

In partnership with Solano Resource Conservation District (SRCD), Dixon Resource Conservation District, Reclamation Districts 2068, 2098, and 501, landowners, a ...

Decker Island Habitat Development

The Decker Island Habitat Development/Levee Improvement Project provides 26 acres of fish and wildlife habitat at the northern tip of Decker Island and recreate ...

Arundo Control and Restoration Program

As part of this project, we have completed a mapping Arundo infestations in the legal Delta as well as the development of a prioritization model to help planner ...

Clover Creek

lover Creek is located approximately 12 miles east of Redding in Shasta County, on the eastern side of the Sacramento River. Clover Creek is a tributary to Cow ...

Deer Creek

Deer Creek is a major tributary of the Sacramento River near the town of Vina in Tehama County. Deer Creek features unique habitat that makes it a very importa ...

Breaking Down the Fish Passage Barriers

Nationwide, the removal of dams has opened up miles of river habitat for special-status migrating fish. Dam removal decisions require careful planning and shoul ...

Non-SGMA Groundwater Management

On September 16, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law a three-bill legislative package, composed of AB 1739 (Dickinson), SB 1168 (Pavley), and SB ...

Basin Characterization Program

The Basin Characterization Program provides the latest data and information about California’s groundwater basins to help local communities better understand th ...

Best Management Practices and Guidance Documents

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Water Code Section 10729(d), directed DWR to “publish on its internet Web site best management practices for ...

SWP Facilities

The California State Water Project (SWP) is made up of 700 miles of aqueducts, tunnels, siphons, and pipelines, as well as 36 storage facilities, 30 dams, 23 pu ...

Alamo Powerplant

The Alamo Powerplant was constructed between 1982 and 1985 as part of the South State Water Project (SWP). The facility is located on the East Branch of the SWP ...

Environmental Justice

Approximately 27 million people in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, Central Coast and Southern California, or 3 of 5 Californians, including millions of people ...

Environmental Planning

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) initiated the planning for the Delta Conveyance Project in early 2020 and is pursuing numerous environmental compliance ...

Updates 2005 - 2013

The California Water Plan Update 2018 (Update 2018) is currently under development. Update 2018 will focus on sustainable outcomes requiring a long-term, consis ...

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