Draft EIR released for long-term operations of the State Water Project From the Department of Water Resources: Moving to strengthen safeguards for fish and expand science-based decision making, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) took formal steps today to begin environmental review of long-term operations of the State Water Project (SWP). The action enables California’s water project operations to avoid relying on proposed federal biological opinions announced last month to achieve environmental approval to operate consistent with state law. Instead, … Continue reading THIS JUST IN … DWR moves to strengthen protections for fish, improve real-time management of State Water Project