By Lois Henry, SJV Water A settlement between a desert mining company and groundwater authority in eastern Kern County will...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The holiday season in the Kaweah subbasin got a little more jolly thanks to its formal removal from the state’s groundwater enforcement process on Tuesday. The state Water Resources Control Board passed a resolution at...
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...
From the Nature Conservancy: The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition (SSC), a partnership between Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and California Trout, has developed a new report to help local governments address water security, community benefits and wildlife habitat associated...
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...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Two neighboring Kings County groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) released draft pumping allocation policies recently but had a hard time getting feedback from residents and growers at recent workshops. Not because growers and residents didn’t want...
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,...
By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority approved a request for $5 million in federal funding to begin construction in fiscal year 2027 of a 50-mile pipeline to import water. The pipeline is part of the...
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...
By Liz Saunders and Ellen M. Bruno Across critically overdrafted groundwater basins, groundwater market development has faced significant hurdles. These include challenges with determining allocations and resistance to trade due to fears of consolidation and the loss of small-scale farming. ...