The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has identified 21 groundwater basins and subbasins in which excessive groundwater pumping has resulted in significant overdraft. Overdraft impacts can include seawater intrusion and…
State Water Project Allocation Boosted
With winter storms slowly boosting water supply, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) increased its water delivery estimate for most recipients from 10 percent of requests for the calendar year,…
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago, But It’s Still Too Soon To Know Whether Drought Will Be Broken The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the winter’s…
Water Cuts Inevitable for Valley Future
…The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has developed a Strategic Plan for its Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Program. DWR’s SGM Program will implement the new and expanded responsibilities identified in…
Food and Agriculture Board to Discuss Land Subsidence, Groundwater Management
…landowners can contribute to solutions that minimize the impacts of subsidence and excessive groundwater pumping.” A report recently released by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the National…
2015 Water Year Hottest and Driest on Record – From the California Department of Water Resources
The turn of the calendar from September to October each year goes without fanfare in most of California, but for the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) State Water Project (SWP),…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – Informational Meetings Planned
…water rights State involvement under SGMA, including technical and financial assistance and state intervention Proposition 1, passed by voters in November 2014, provides DWR with $100 million for sustainable groundwater…
Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
…records,” said Department of Water Resources (DWR) Director Mark Cowin. “As extensive groundwater pumping continues, the land is sinking more rapidly and this puts nearby infrastructure at greater risk of…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased Slightly
…the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to increase water deliveries to most customers of the State Water Project (SWP) by an additional 204,000 acre-feet (AF). The modest increase in…
Conservation, Industry Leaders Team Up to Restore Groundwater in California’s Central Valley
…DWR works with other agencies to benefit the state’s people, and to protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environments. DWR operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides…
Snow Survey Finds Slightly Increased Water Content
Storms are lightly blanketing the Sierra with fresh snow, but Department of Water Resources (DWR) snow surveyors today reported that snowpack water content remains far below what will be needed…
Gov. Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce Emergency Drought Legislation
…storage and strengthen water conservation. • $20 million transferred from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for direct expenditures and grants to state and…
DWR Drops State Water Project Allocation to Zero, Seeks to Preserve Remaining Supplies
…are directly controlled by DWR and Reclamation. Under the petition, DWR and Reclamation project that outflows will be able to meet an average of 4,500 cfs during February, which is…
Final State Water Action Plan Released
…economic and ecological harm of sustained dry weather. The Governor’s proposed budget would provide $472.5 million in Proposition 84 funds to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for integrated regional…