SJV WATER: Porterville water district launches its own groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News May 15, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Porterville Irrigation District board of directors voted unanimously to launch a second version of...
SJV WATER: Reduction in state funding for dry well programs creating angst among groundwater agencies SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A reduction in state funding for a Visalia-based nonprofit is creating a lot of angst...
SJV WATER: Judge orders groundwater agency to speed up records release in lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A Tulare County judge agreed that a local groundwater agency was dragging its feet producing...
SJV WATER: Kern River opinion appealed to state Supreme Court SJV Water Water rights and water law May 14, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Groups trying to bring water back to the dry Kern River bed through Bakersfield have...
SJV WATER: Finding new uses for farmland in the heart of ag country a daunting task SJV Water Groundwater News May 7, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Pressure is mounting to find new uses for an estimated 70,000 acres – or 20%...
SJV WATER: Kings County farmers upbeat about lawsuit against state SJV Water Groundwater News May 7, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water More than 30 people gathered recently in Hanford to hear about the progress of the...
SJV WATER: Desert groundwater feud commandeers Kern County legislative policy debate SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 6, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water All of the drama and vitriol of a long-running groundwater feud in the high desert...
SJV WATER: Chowchilla may be first San Joaquin Valley subbasin to get do-over on inadequate groundwater plan SJV Water Groundwater News April 26, 2025By SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board will consider sending the Chowchilla subbasin back to another state agency...
SJV WATER: Facing possible state action over groundwater, farmers in small west Fresno district vent frustrations, accusations SJV Water Groundwater News April 26, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The grim reality for agriculture under the state’s new groundwater law has pitted farmer against...
SJV WATER: Work on East Orosi’s decrepit sewer system can’t start soon enough, according to residents fed up with waiting SJV Water Policy and regulationWater quality April 22, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water East Orosi residents were told that work on their failing sewer system could begin as...
SJV WATER: One year later, state groundwater sanctions paused but Kings County farmers, water managers moving forward SJV Water Groundwater News April 16, 2025By Lisa McEwen & Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Wednesday marks one full year since the state brought the “hammer” down...
SJV WATER: Irrigation district kills groundwater partnership in the crib amid accusations of power mongering, lack of transparency SJV Water Groundwater News April 11, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the City of Porterville to...
SJV WATER: Another water district annexes so-called “white lands,” the scourge of complying with California’s groundwater law SJV Water Groundwater News April 9, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A tiny water district in western Tulare County is poised to nearly triple in size...
SJV WATER: Order that had kept water in the Kern River reversed by 5th District Court of Appeal SJV Water Water rights and water law April 3, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California,...
SJV WATER: Kern farmers agree to continue funding the delta tunnel – with caveats SJV Water Delta Conveyance Project March 29, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency voted Thursday to pony up its $32.6 million share of...
