Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation of 10 percent of requested supplies for the new water year. This allocation represents the ...

California’s San Joaquin Basin is at the center of the state’s water challenges, with decades of groundwater overdraft and ...

California’s State Water Project will deliver 50% of full water allotments this year, up from 40% last month. Runoff from this year’s ample snowpack is boosting reservoirs. Lake Oroville is now 95% ...

A drone view of Oroville Dam and main spillway on March 11, 2025. SB 72 requires the Department of Water Resources to set 2050 urban, agricultural, tribal and environmental water targets, prompting ...

California heads into the new water year facing continued risks from climate-driven extremes, the California Department of Water Resources said on Tuesday. In a briefing held virtually on Tuesday ...

The aerial view looks west toward the the Patterson Reservoir and Patterson Pass-Alameda County Water Plant, located beside the South Bay Aqueduct, part of the California State Water Project in ...

MONTH LONG. WELL, THE NEW WATER YEAR IN CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY STARTS TODAY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND CLIMATOLOGISTS MET THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR. KCRA 3 ...

All of California's major reservoirs are at or above historical average, according to recent data from the state water agency.

The federal government plans to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, ...

California Department of Water Resources, Jennifer Leavitt and other defendants were named in an employment discrimination lawsuit on Sept. 23 in California Superior Court for Sacramento County. The ...

California’s wet season started with a bang, or at least a drizzle, as rain pitter-pattered on the Bay Area last week. But the state’s water experts say at this time of year, they still have to ...