From the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) held a...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more...
Local agencies have until June to address final deficiencies in plans Citing significant progress in the plans of groundwater sustainability agencies to address the long-term viability of groundwater supplies and critical water infrastructure in the Kern County Subbasin, the State...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville...
Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic...
By the State Water Resources Control Board Water Code section 1242.1 allows parties to divert for groundwater recharge without a water right if in compliance with certain requirements. On January 31, 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-16-25 to facilitate...
Historic rains filled Greater Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers nearly to capacity in 2023. But drought conditions persisted in...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposal to change the guidelines for California’s $90-million farmland retirement program has literally stopped...
Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California Irrigation Institute conference about the state’s intervention process for groundwater management. She provided updates on six San Joaquin Valley groundwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal tug of war between Friant Water Authority and three small Tulare County irrigation...
SJV WATER: Southern Kings and Tulare county farmers with unregistered wells may face local penalties
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Farmers within portions of the Tule and Tulare Lake subbasins will have one month to...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern water managers’ struck out again on their fourth attempt to write an adequate plan to protect the region’s groundwater, according to a report from state Water Resources Control Board staff released Tuesday, which recommends...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater managers and others in southern Tulare County are scrambling to comply with state mandates...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (Department, DWR) has released a frequently asked questions document...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposed new agricultural water district could brighten what had been shaping up as a grim future for a number of farmers in the northern part of Tulare County’s flatlands under the state’s groundwater law. Four...