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.
Since abundant running water first began flowing through the Sierra Nevada foothills to form the Feather River, fish species like Chinook salmon and s ...
August 25, 2025
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Lake Oroville Update - August 22, 2025
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When two of every three Californians pay their water bills each month, they pay for reservoirs and aqueducts that were designed for them a half centur ...
August 20, 2025
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DWR's GHG reduction goal by 2030
Pounds of reinforcing steel on Oroville main spillway
Dams under state's jurisdiction