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As part of ongoing work to improve California’s preparedness for dry conditions and better adapt to climate change, DWR has released results of a study examinin ...
Farmers are receiving financial incentives to reduce their water use and protect wildlife and water quality in the Delta as part of a Delta Drought Response Pil ...
Many of us are familiar with the category system that ranks the severity of hurricanes and tornadoes. A similar system is now being rolled out for atmospheric r ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have announced a joint effort at the Feather River ...
Nicole Kwan is an environmental scientist with DWR’s Division of Environmental Services. Her work focuses on the aquatic ecology of the Delta, with emphasis on ...
With California in extreme drought and facing ongoing extreme climate events, DWR gathered scientists, water policy experts, and members of communities impacted ...
DWR maintains data and information on several web portals outside of water.ca.gov. These include CDEC, Open Data, CIMIS, GIS mapping, Water Data Library, SGMA P ...
Sean de Guzman is the manager of the Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting section. We sat down with him to get his take on DWR’s annual snow surveys and ho ...
California’s severe climate-driven drought is having a significant impact on the state’s water supply, but it’s also putting the state’s salmon population at se ...
It’s estimated that the California Gold Rush brought close to 300,000 people from all over the world to our state in the mid-19th century. Among them, were some ...
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 ...
Each year, International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on Feb. 11. In celebration of this day and as an inclusive workplace that uplifts a var ...
We address climate change impacts through mitigation and adaptation measures to ensure that Californians have an adequate water supply, reliable flood control, ...
Veronica Wunderlich is a DWR senior environmental scientist with a focus in herpetology – the study of reptiles and amphibians. Veronica discusses how she got s ...
California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in the country, the state receives between 40 and 60 percent of its p ...
The California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) oversees the California Dam Safety Program that regulates approximately 1,250 da ...
We provide technical assistance and policy guidance for economic and demographic analyses to sustainably manage California’s water resources.
This glossary contains terms used in the text of California Water Plan Update 2013 as well as additional terms related to water resources.
