Groundwater News Archives

September 8, 2025

Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its...

SJV WATER: State recommends Kern subbasin be moved off enforcement track, with some caveats

SJV Water

Groundwater News

September 6, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern farmers will likely avoid state sanctions thanks to the latest revision of the region’s...

EDF: New journal article highlights multibenefit land repurposing as an innovative approach to strengthen rural resilience

Environmental Defense Fund

Groundwater News

September 4, 2025

Madera County and the San Joaquin Valley serve as a case study of how to implement a more holistic water and land use strategy From the Environmental Defense Fund: A new peer-reviewed article in Frontiers in Water outlines how multibenefit land...

SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency

SJV Water

Groundwater News

September 3, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...

STATE WATER BOARD: New Webpage – Effects of Recharge on Groundwater Quality

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

August 29, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of the State Water Boards’ efforts to better understand groundwater recharge...

EDWARD RING: How dredging the Delta enables groundwater recharge

Edward Ring

Groundwater News

August 28, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization and winner of multiple Pulitzer prizes, recently published a report “The Drying Planet.” They report that “Moisture lost to evaporation and...

SJV WATER: New $2 million program aims to protect Hanford-area domestic wells

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 21, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Landowners who rely on domestic wells for drinking water may be able to seek help...

SJV WATER: State’s proposed fee change for pumpers falls flat

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 10, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board reversed course on a proposed fee change for groundwater...

COMMENTARY: California groundwater reform sets a dangerous precedent. Lawmakers should think twice

Cal Matters

Commentary Groundwater News Policy and regulation

August 8, 2025

By David Saint-Amand, board president of the Indian Wells Valley Water District This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Re: “How deep-pocketed groundwater users are stalling California’s sustainability plans” Assembly Bill 1413 seeks to quietly...

UC RIVERSIDE: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California’s Central Valley

UC Riverside

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

Over pumping wells causes subsidence that devalues houses, UCR study finds By Dan Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside study...

SJV WATER: Farmers in west Fresno County groundwater agency to consider 200% pumping fee hike

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A western Fresno County groundwater agency hopes to increase pumping fees by about 212%, from...

DWR: New key concept presentation video on subsidence released

Maven

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: DWR has released an approximately 30-minute lecture-style presentation video about a key concept presented in the draft BMP document: the role of critical head in managing land subsidence. Groundwater managers and practitioners may be...

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals praises court ruling as positive outcome for the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin

Press Release/Notice

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

Press release from Searles Valley Minerals: Searles Valley Minerals is pleased with the decision of Orange County Superior Court confirming...

PRESS RELEASE: Preliminary court ruling limits U.S. Navy water rights

Indian Wells Valley

Groundwater News

July 31, 2025

Ruling doesn’t change estimates of China Lake water use, but will likely mean less, more expensive water for Indian Wells...

ASU: New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates

Arizona State University

Groundwater News

July 29, 2025

ASU-led research uses 20 years of satellite data to reveal unprecedented continental drying New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustainable...

Groundwater News

CA WATER COMMISSION: California’s land subsidence challenge: A look at DWR’s draft BMP

SJV WATER: State recommends Kern subbasin be moved off enforcement track, with some caveats

EDF: New journal article highlights multibenefit land repurposing as an innovative approach to strengthen rural resilience

SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency

STATE WATER BOARD: New Webpage – Effects of Recharge on Groundwater Quality

EDWARD RING: How dredging the Delta enables groundwater recharge

SJV WATER: New $2 million program aims to protect Hanford-area domestic wells

SJV WATER: State’s proposed fee change for pumpers falls flat

COMMENTARY: California groundwater reform sets a dangerous precedent. Lawmakers should think twice

UC RIVERSIDE: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California’s Central Valley

SJV WATER: Farmers in west Fresno County groundwater agency to consider 200% pumping fee hike

DWR: New key concept presentation video on subsidence released

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals praises court ruling as positive outcome for the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin

PRESS RELEASE: Preliminary court ruling limits U.S. Navy water rights

ASU: New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates

DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Eel River dam removal plan blasted by Trump admin; Federal satellites gather critical data for managing CA’s water; The hunt for water: a 45-mile tunnel, retired farmland and desalination all loom; Shaping the Delta’s Future: Bay Delta Plan Update; and more …