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

DWR has developed 2 web-based mapping applications to assist local agencies and other interested parties in evaluating (statewide), the status of: Disadvantaged ...

Bulletin 118 is California’s official publication on the occurrence and nature of groundwater statewide. Bulletin 118 defines the boundaries and describes the h ...

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 ...

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, requires the development of Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSP) by Groundwater Sustainabil ...

There is clear evidence of the vulnerabilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) posed by climate change and earthquake risk. As sea levels continue t ...

DWR offers a number of grant and loan programs that support integrated water management activities addressing environmental stewardship, water supply reliabilit ...

The Sustainable Groundwater Planning (SGWP) Grant Program provides funds for projects that develop and implement sustainable groundwater planning and projects.

We work with communities to connect them to their rivers and streams, providing technical and financial assistance. Our work focuses on implementing projects th ...

Water flowing through the Delta supports an important ecosystem and serves as a water supply to 27 million people throughout Northern, Central and Southern Cali ...

We utilize a wide range of applied science specialties to develop solutions to the complexities of sustainable water management in California, including chemist ...

DWR's Salton Sea Unit supports the California Natural Resources Agency’s Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP), created by Governor Brown’s Salton Sea Task Force ...

In 2018, the California Legislature enacted into law new requirements for urban water suppliers to increase drought resilience and to improve communication of w ...

Subsidence is the sinking of the land surface due to changes in the soil or sediment beneath our feet. Subsidence occurs for a variety of reasons such as ground ...

The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Water Desalination Grant Program has completed reviewing the grant applications submitted through the Continuous Applic ...

DWR environmental scientists – Morgan Battey, Vanessa Velasco, and Chelsea Palisoc – shared their diverse contributions to protecting the environment in a week- ...