Every year, the Department of Water Resources issues technical bulletins, reports, and other publications and media documenting the measurement, protection, use, and management of California's water resources. The DWR Publications Repository is a partial and growing list of the publications and other media produced and distributed by the Department.

DWR News/People Magazine, formed in Winter 2004, is a combination of the DWR NEWS magazine and DWR People newsletter. This quarterly magazine contains information about DWR staff and activities. DWR NEWS magazine was created in 1958 and DWR People was created in 1991.

Education services and materials are provided to schools throughout California by the Public Affairs Office.

With more than 20 lakes and reservoirs open to recreation, the Department of Water Resources created a Water Safety Program to raise awareness of how you and your family can stay water safe.

Albert is the "know-it-all" bass who is little but big on advice about keeping water safe. His pal Einstein is a sweet but clumsy heron who has a lot to learn about safety rules and sometimes fails to heed them. DWR's two water safety mascots were created to educate kids of all ages about how to stay water safe at State Water Project facilities.

The California State Water Project, the largest state-built and operated multipurpose water and power system in the United States, includes 34 storage facilities, 20 pumping plants, four pumping-generating plants, five hydroelectric powerplants, and approximately 701 miles of canals, tunnels, and pipelines including the 444-mile California Aqueduct.

Founded in 1958 by the legislature as part of the California Water Resources Center, the WRCA contains historical and contemporary water-related materials of great value to water agencies, governmental bodies, environmental groups, engineering firms, attorneys, historians and researchers including faculty and graduate students.