Natural Resources
3860 Department of Water Resources

The Department of Water Resources protects, conserves, develops, and manages California's water. The Department evaluates existing water resources, forecasts future water needs and explores future potential solutions to meet ever-growing needs for personal use, irrigation, industry, recreation, power generation, and fish and wildlife. The Department also works to prevent and minimize flood damage, ensure the safety of dams, and educate the public about the importance of water and its efficient use. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Emergency Drought Response - An increase of $14 million General Fund for the Department of Water Resources to implement statewide actions, including continuation of the Save Our Water campaign, operation of the drought management operations center, water transfer support and water supply modeling, and $10 million to provide emergency drinking water support for small communities, including addressing private wells.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Enacted
2016-17*
Positions
Dollars
3230 Continuing Formulation of the California Water Plan
414.9
$225,515
3240 Implementation of the State Water Resources Development System
1,726.8
1,705,769
3245 Public Safety and Prevention of Damage
529.0
148,766
3250 Central Valley Flood Protection Board
43.0
13,416
3255 Services
25.1
7,764
3260 California Energy Resources Scheduling
27.7
928,463
3265 Loan Repayment Program
-
-1,405
9900100 Administration
536.0
95,849
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-95,847
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
3,302.5
$3,028,290
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
388,210
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
3,302.5
$3,416,500

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

 Entire Department of Water Resources Budget (pdf * - 74K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 7K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 27K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.