One of the primary goals of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to use the newest and best available science for water management. DWR also pioneers that science, as shown recently in an article about “Using Genetic Identification to Find Spring-run Salmon and More.”
California’s newest state park, Dos Rios, officially opened on June 12 in the San Joaquin Valley and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is honored to be one of many partners that helped bring it to life.
California’s changing climate is one of the biggest challenges facing the state, resulting in intense weather extremes that negatively affect public safety and our critical water supply.
.jpg?mw=200&hash=9ABD52772F56AF1C139C890E09B581F2)
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is celebrating 21 recent graduates of the Department’s Operations and Maintenance Apprenticeship Program as they launch their hydroelectric industry careers and safeguard the resilience of the California State Water Project (SWP).
Lake Oroville Community Update for May 24, 2024.
Department of Water Resources (DWR) scientists wanted to understand why high numbers of Chinook salmon and steelhead were migrating and collected at the State Water Project’s Skinner Fish Facility this season. Thanks to DWR’s use of the best available science in advanced fish tracking technology and DNA forensics, they now have some answers.
