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DWR removed a caution advisory that had been in effect since August 23 at Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County. DWR urges all recreational users to exercise caution and avoid direct contact with blue-green algae.

DWR is beginning assessment work on Pyramid Dam’s spillways in Los Angeles County as part of a statewide effort to reduce seismic and hydrologic risk to State Water Project (SWP) facilities spanning 705 miles throughout California.

DWR reduced the blue-green algae advisory to caution for Sawpit Beach at Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County. Cleghorn Beach remains at warning advisory and people should avoid physical contact with the water at that location.

DWR is urging people to avoid physical contact with the water at Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County until further notice due to blue-green algae.

Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) reduced a warning advisory that had been in effect since July 26 at Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County. DWR urges all recreational users to exercise caution and avoid direct contact with blue-green algae.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and California State Parks today announced that Lake Oroville State Recreation Area’s Spillway Boat Ramp area will remain open for the Labor Day holiday on September 2, 2019. The Spillway Boat Ramp opened to the public on August 9 after two years of closure for the Oroville Dam Spillways Reconstruction Projec ...

DWR removed a caution advisory that had been in effect since July 12 at Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County. DWR urges all recreational users to exercise caution and avoid direct contact with blue-green algae.

August 9, 2019, DWR reduced a danger advisory that had been in effect since July 20 at Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino County.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California State Parks and the Butte County Sheriff’s Office today announced that Oroville Dam’s Spillway Boat Ramp will reopen on a partial schedule to the public on Friday, August 9.

DWR issued an algal bloom warning advisory for Pyramid Lake in Los Angeles County. Vaquero day use area and beach are closed.