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Q/A -- Building the Tunnel, Part 2: At Home Inside a 20,000 Horsepower Tunneling Machine

The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series continues with “Building the Tunnel Part Two”.

Q/A with Delta Conveyance Project Executive Director Tony Meyers

In the first episode in the Delta Conveyance Team Spotlight video series, we spoke with the project’s Executive Director Tony Meyers about his long and eventful ...

Q/A – Paul Gosselin, Deputy Director of Sustainable Groundwater Management

DWR conducted an interview with our newly appointed Deputy Director of Sustainable Groundwater Management Paul Gosselin. Paul is a long-time water industry prof ...

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, ...

Q/A: Building the Tunnel, Part 1: Nothing Boring About Boring Technology

For the first episode in a special two-part Delta Conveyance Deep Dive series on tunnel construction, we invited two of the Delta Conveyance Project design team ...

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 ...

Q/A: How does DWR manage water allocations to the state’s public water agencies?

The business of water allocations – simply put, who receives water from the State Water Project (SWP) and who gets to decide how much – is the subject of two ne ...

Q/A: How is the Delta Conveyance Project Financed?

In the latest Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video, we take a look at the financing mechanisms that make the project possible, both now, in the initial planning sta ...

Q/A: How studying carcasses gives insight into California salmon populations

When salmon spawn, it marks the end of their lifecycle. But it doesn’t mark the end of DWR’s salmon research. DWR studies the carcasses to learn about salmon po ...

Q/A: How would the proposed Delta Conveyance Project address climate change in California?

In the third episode in the Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series, we asked DWR climate change experts to explain the ways in which the Delta Conveyance Proje ...

Q/A: Of Fish and Flows: Delta Conveyance and the Health of Delta Fisheries

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is one of the largest estuaries in North America, providing habitat for around 500 plant and animal species, including about 50 ...

Q/A: What are the main takeaways from the Delta Conveyance Project Environmental Justice Survey?

In a recent episode in the Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series, we invited Genevieve Taylor, executive director of Ag Innovations, to tell us about the Envi ...

Q/A: What are the risks of a major earthquake in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? (Part 1)

In the first of two Delta Conveyance Deep Dive episodes on seismic risks in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Laurence Sanati, head of the DWR Flood Systems Ana ...

Q/A: What are the risks of a major earthquake in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? (Part 2)

In the second of two Delta Conveyance Deep Dive episodes on seismic risks in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, we hear from two of California's leading seismolo ...

Q/A: Why floodplains are important for California salmon

We sat down with Hailey Wright, a Department of Water Resources (DWR) environmental scientist, to discuss the salmon lifecycle and her work designing and implem ...

Quagga Mussel Discovery at Castaic Lake: Boating Requirements Implemented

DWR will begin implementing additional boating requirements at Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County due to the recent discovery of invasive quagga mussels.

Quail Lake Algal Bloom at Danger Advisory

DWR urges people to avoid physical contact with water at Quail Lake in Los Angeles County until further notice due to the presence of blue-green algae.

Rainstorms Bring New Safety Concerns After Devastating Fire Season

After the first heavy rains of 2018 caused flooding and debris flows in Southern California, destroying nearly 100 homes, closing major highways and killing 20 ...

Real Estate

The Real Estate Branch acquires temporary and permanent land rights in support of DWR's business goals and objectives, performs property management functions fo ...

Real Time Data and Forecasting

Our program is a collaborative effort, obtaining data from 46 sensors operated by DWR, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authorit ...

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