By Monserrat Solis Incompatible pumping allocations being considered by two groundwater agencies in north Kings County have prompted a blizzard...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A new Tulare County water district is on a tight timeline to balance an opportunity...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A settlement between a desert mining company and groundwater authority in eastern Kern County will erase $24 million in past groundwater fees by allowing the company to use other sources, including 2,000 acre feet of...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The holiday season in the Kaweah subbasin got a little more jolly thanks to its...
STATE WATER BOARD: Kaweah Subbasin to exit state intervention after improving SGMA groundwater plans
Revised plans address subsidence, domestic well impacts Press release from the State Water Board: Following work by the Kaweah Groundwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley faced with drastic cuts to the amount of groundwater they can pump are finding some relief with the state’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, or MLRP. And more money can’t...
From the Nature Conservancy: The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition (SSC), a partnership between Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and...
A new review shows how rising demand, shrinking supplies, and policy decisions together shape when groundwater use peaks and what...
From California Agriculture: For most of its history, California treated groundwater and surface water as legally distinct. Unlike surface water diversions, groundwater pumping was largely unrestricted until 2014 when the state passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which requires...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Two neighboring Kings County groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) released draft pumping allocation policies recently but...
Parties agree to work cooperatively to improve the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority (IWVGA)...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water About 30 ranchers and residents sat quietly in the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center recently, hanging on every word from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Highberger as he succinctly laid out the history,...
By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority approved a request for $5 million in federal funding...
Press release from Searles Valley Minerals As of Nov. 13, 2025, Searles Valley Minerals and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Kings County Farm Bureau is passing the hat to raise between $1.5 million and $2 million to take its legal claims against the state Water Resources Control Board to the California Supreme Court. “We’re...