To sustainably manage the water resources of California, in cooperation with other agencies, to benefit the state’s people and protect, restore, and enhance the natural and human environments.
All people in California are healthy, financially stable, and safe.
Although DWR cannot achieve this vision alone, we are committed to doing our part to make it a reality. View DWR’s Racial Equity Action Plan.
Lake Oroville Update - July 31, 2026 from the California Department of Water Resources, detailing fuel load reduction projects in collaboration with C ...
July 31, 2026
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To protect the State Water Project, the California Department of Water Resources has a three-pronged stategy to combat the spread of Golden mussels in ...
July 29, 2026
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Loss of habitat and the effects of climate change are putting turtles at risk in California. At the Clifton Court Forebary, the California Department ...
July 28, 2026
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DWR's GHG reduction goal by 2030
Pounds of reinforcing steel on Oroville main spillway
Dams under state's jurisdiction