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The Department of Water Resources (DWR) marked a major milestone in long-term water supply management efforts today with the completion of the review process of ...
The Department of Water Resources released the following statement from Director Karla Nemeth on the withdrawal of the Temporary Urgency Change Petition on Janu ...
Read a statement from DWR Director Karla Nemeth on the Metropolitan Water District’s decision to declare a drought emergency and call for mandatory conservation ...
On May 8 2018, the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors voted 4 to 3 to fully participate in California WaterFix.
Today, DWR sent a memo to the local public water agencies participating in the development and construction of California WaterFix and issued the following stat ...
Statewide Energy Office oversees programs funded by the Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund and the Diablo Canyon Extension Fund.
If you’re like 30 million of your California neighbors, there is groundwater under your feet. Groundwater is a critical buffer against the impacts of drought an ...
The Statewide Infrastructure Investigations Branch provides planning and technical expertise across DWR programs in support of sustainable water resources manag ...
Beginning in 1991, approximately every 10 years, a one-page irrigation survey form is mailed out to California growers to update records on what types of irriga ...
DWR conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Following a January and February that will enter records as the driest documented in stat ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – DWR conducted the fourth snow survey at the Phillips Station snow course. The manual survey recorded 49.5 inches of snow depth and a snow w ...
Today’s snow survey by the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program indicates that water content in the statewide mountain snowpack increased from 23 percent ...
California’s lakes, rivers, and streams are a great place to cool down as the temperatures heat up. However, as the warmer weather approaches, so does algal blo ...
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) owns and operates the Oroville Dam facilities for a number of purposes, including flood control, water supply ...
As California experiences more frequent shifts between climate extremes, it’s important for the water managers and residents to have reliable, real-time informa ...
Stream gages are critical for managing California’s water resources. The devices help with early flood warning and generate important data used by the Departmen ...
DWR sponsored the 2018 statewide Tribal Water Summit in Sacramento on April 4-5 as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure that California water planning incorpor ...