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A drone provides a view of the Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant, the first major plant designed and constructed within the California State Water Project.

The State Water Project (SWP) now expects to deliver 20 percent of requested supplies in 2020 thanks to above-average precipitation in May, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced today

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The Delta

One of the many jobs of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to ensure that its public infrastructure assets—like the State Water Project—are maintained and sustained for the health and well-being of present and future California families.

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Snow runoff in a Sierra Nevada mountain stream approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth manual snow survey of 2020 at Phillips Station. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, DWR is providing video of the results in lieu of conducting a live media event on site.

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Aerial view looking east along San Joaquin River in the foreground is Mandeville Tip County Park, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for long-term operations of the State Water Project (SWP). The permit covers four species protected under the California Endangered Species Act: Delta smelt, longfin smelt, winter-run Chinook salmon and spring-run ...

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In the foreground is O'Neill Forebay, and in the background is B. F. Sisk Dam (also known as San Luis Dam), a major earth-filled dam in Merced County, California, which forms San Luis Reservoir, the largest off-stream reservoir in the United States.

The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are conducting exploratory work, including clearing, excavation and controlled blasting of rock material in the Basalt Hill area near B.F. Sisk Dam, located between Los Banos and Gilroy, between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. during April and May.

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