Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
The 2025 Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program (MLRP) Annual Report is now available, detailing program progress and regional activities. Prepared by the Statewide Support Entity with input from block grantees and Department of Conservation staff, it highlights the shift from planning...
In December 2025, the Groundwater Resources Association of California hosted a two-day webinar to address the complex relationship between Interconnected...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A large-scale pilot project studying the effects of recharging water onto pistachio orchards, some with cover crops and some without, is in full swing across the San Joaquin Valley. The project, a collaboration between private...
Notice from the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or Board) designated the Tulare Lake Subbasin as probationary under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) on April 16, 2024. The Board designated the Tule...
Board approved nine local agency permits before this week’s storms From the State Water Board: Just before storms began drenching parts of California this week, the State Water Resources Control Board issued the last of nine groundwater recharge permits for...
From the State Water Board: Understanding, managing, and regulating nonpoint source pollution of groundwater is a challenge for California. Nonpoint sources of groundwater pollution encompass tens to hundreds of thousands of individually managed plots, fields, and other land parcels, covering...
