SJV WATER: 5th District Court of Appeal hears arguments over Kern River flows SJV Water Water rights and water law March 22, 2025By Lois Henry: Justices with the 5th District Court of Appeal peppered attorneys with questions about the application of state...
SJV WATER: Three troubled San Joaquin Valley subbasins may band together to tackle widespread sinking SJV Water Groundwater News March 14, 2025Water managers in the Tulare Lake, Tule and the Kaweah subbasins are discussing the possibility of creating a regional subsidence...
SJV WATER: Kings County Water District wants to mend fences with groundwater agency it imploded last year SJV Water Groundwater News March 11, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A Kings County water district blamed for leaving a key groundwater agency in the beleaguered...
SJV WATER: Fresno County’s Pleasant Valley heads to State Water Board for possible intervention SJV Water Groundwater News March 11, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A western Fresno County groundwater subbasin is the seventh in the San Joaquin Valley to...
SJV WATER: Tea Pot Dome agrees to pay share of cost to fix sinking canal and reveal pumping data to Friant Water Authority SJV Water Groundwater News March 5, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Tea Pot Dome Water District has agreed to pay Friant Water Authority $1.4 million in...
SJV WATER: Wheeler Ridge board members weigh costs and benefits of Delta tunnel project SJV Water Delta Conveyance Project March 4, 2025By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Discussions among Kern County agricultural water districts on whether to continue funding the Delta Conveyance...
SJV WATER: Legislation could provide new path for farmers in beleaguered Tulare County groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News March 4, 2025Farmers in the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency may have the glimmer of a path forward thanks to a...
SJV WATER: Madera County groundwater agency can collect fees and legal action will continue, judge rules SJV Water Groundwater News March 1, 2025By Lois Henry; Freelance writer Hannah Johansson contributed to this article A lawsuit over whether the Madera County Groundwater Sustainability...
SJV WATER: Army Corps grilled about January water dump; meanwhile storm releases fill Tulare County waterways SJV Water Policy and regulationWater project operations February 26, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Even as Kaweah and Success lakes returned to normal operations, with some releases sent into...
SJV WATER: Kern subbasin given another four months to fix issues with groundwater plans SJV Water Groundwater News February 21, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more...
SJV WATER: A new groundwater agency is formed in the Tule subbasin, its 12th so far SJV Water Groundwater News February 19, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville...
SJV WATER: State proposes retroactive changes to farmland retirement program that some fear could pull rug out from ongoing projects SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation February 12, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposal to change the guidelines for California’s $90-million farmland retirement program has literally stopped...
SJV WATER: Water managers vent frustration over water dump from Tulare County lakes; pivot to Delta issues SJV Water Policy and regulationWater project operations February 6, 2025By Lisa McEwen SJV Water Editor/CEO Lois Henry contributed to this report Outflow from Success and Kaweah lakes is back...
SJV WATER: Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes SJV Water Water project operations February 1, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success...
SJV WATER: Districts lob more lawsuits at Friant Water Authority, now point finger at feds SJV Water Groundwater News January 31, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal tug of war between Friant Water Authority and three small Tulare County irrigation...