Department of Water Resources News

California Awards Contractor $275M Contract to Fix Troubled Dam

California water officials say they have awarded a contract to repair Oroville Dam’s two damaged spillways to a Nebraska construction company. The Department of Water Resources announced that Kiewit Corp. of Omaha was awarded a $275 million contract to repair …

Snowpack Survey Gives Bleak Summer Outlook for California

With summer approaching state water managers say California’s snowpack is at 18 percent of average for the date. The Department of Water Resources on Thursday said the season’s final survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack found more bare ground than …

Report: 1 in 5 California Citizens Lives in Flood Zone

California is suffering from one of its driest winters on record, but some statewide water managers are focusing on the opposite end of the precipitation spectrum – the one-in-five residents who live in regions prone to catastrophic flooding. A joint …