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The environment is made up of living and nonliving elements – air, water, minerals, and organisms – that are located in a specific area or broadly across a land ...

San Luis Reservoir, located in the western San Joaquin Valley near historic Pacheco Pass, serves both the SWP and federal Central Valley Project. San Luis Reser ...

In 2008, the State Legislature authorized and directed the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to identify options for the reoperation of the state’s existing f ...

DWR provides technical guidance and assistance to local and regional organizations to help address water and environmental challenges throughout California.

DWR’s four regional offices and headquarters provide technical guidance and assistance to local and regional organizations to help solve local water and environ ...

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 ...

The State Water Project (SWP) is operated in a manner that protects endangered and threatened species under the state and federal endangered species act.

Blue-green algae are a natural part of the ecosystem. Algae can “bloom” or grow rapidly under ideal conditions, which include warm water temperature, calm condi ...

We have a long history of data collection, monitoring, and reporting. With the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), there is an increas ...

We strive to help Californians of all ages learn about water. We provide supplementary teaching materials for classroom educators, homeschoolers, non-formal edu ...

Since 2003, DSOD has been funded entirely from the combination of dam application and annual fees. Senate Bill 1049 2003 (Chapter 741, Statutes of 2003) set for ...

Since 1985, the Urban Streams Restoration Program (USRP) has provided over $96 million to 327 grants in accordance with California Water Code Section 7048, to ...

Thank you for your interest in teaching about water. To help you engage your students, the Department of Water Resources offers the following water education ma ...

Bulletin 132, Management of the California State Water Project, is an annual series reporting SWP water supply planning, construction, finance, management, and ...

Our restoration programs are State Water Project (SWP)-funded to comply with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (N ...

DWR and the University of California, Davis have developed the California Seasonal Application Efficiency Program to assess how efficiently irrigation water is ...

The Department of Water Resources is both a major producer and consumer of electricity. In fact, the State Water Project (SWP) is the largest consumer of electr ...

We manage the multipurpose State Water Project (SWP) that provides water supply, flood control, fish and wildlife habitat, and outstanding recreational opportun ...

Castaic Lake, one of the State Water Project's largest recreational lakes and the terminal of its west branch, provides emergency storage in the event of a shut ...

Climate change is impacting California’s water resources, as evidenced by changes in snowpack, sea level, and river flows. As we seek to adapt to and mitigate t ...