Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board approved today a resolution to return the Chowchilla Subbasin to Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) jurisdiction under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This decision ends the prospect of direct state intervention in the subbasin’s groundwater management. The subbasin is one of six critically overdrafted subbasins DWR referred to the State Water Board in 2023 for possible state intervention, and it is the first to … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board returns Chowchilla Subbasin to Department of Water Resources’ jurisdiction