Climate change is already impacting water and other resources in California, and will continue to do so as California’s population and demand for water increases. The DWR Climate Change Team works to ...

Since August 14, 1929, the State of California has regulated dams to prevent failure, safeguard life, and protect property. The California Water Code entrusts dam safety regulatory power to DWR, ...

In 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed three bills known collectively as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) . For the first time in its history, California had a framework for ...

GRanTS (Grant Review and Tracking System) is a DWR’s web-based grant application and management tool. It can be used to: Apply for grants and loans, Manage contracts and track projects, Submit ...

GRanTS (Grant Review and Tracking System) is a DWR’s web-based grant application and management tool. It can be used to: Apply for grants and loans, Manage contracts and track projects, Submit ...

Considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley; however, this vast region still faces significant flood risk. Approximately 1 million Californians live and work ...

Today, DWR announced an increase to the State Water Project (SWP) allocation for 2026.

The Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback (LEBLS) Project is helping improve public safety for approximately 780,000 people by reducing river levels in the Sacramento River and increasing the capacity of ...

State of California The purpose of the user group is to promote the exchange of ideas, information, and issues involving the use of Delta models and/or the development of any newer version of DSM2 and ...

DWR released a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project that finds the infrastructure modernization project would create billions of dollars in benefits for California communities, ...

State water agencies, the California Water Data Consortium (Consortium) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced a new partnership today to make an open-source groundwater accounting platform ...

The Delta is a unique area of California, located at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, where the elevation of the land surface is as much as 25 feet below sea level. This area ...