Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The drama between two Kings County water entities continued earlier this month as the manager of one threw shade on the recharge policies of the other. Kings County Water District’s boundaries are intertwined with the...
The research used satellite imagery to identify where winter flooding occurs, which can improve flood risk awareness and inform how to best redirect floodwaters to replenish groundwater supplies. From Desert Research Institute: California’s Central Valley — one of the nation’s...
Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The small city of Lemoore recently joined the legal fight against the powerful state Water Resources Control Board over groundwater sanctions issued against Kings County farmers by the state last year. The Lemoore City Council...
Climate Change is bringing warmer and wetter storms, reducing our snowpack and increasing the need for more storage. At the same time, extended droughts have contributed to the over-pumping of our groundwater basins, leaving ample storage space for new water...
Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board approved today a resolution to return the Chowchilla Subbasin to Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) jurisdiction under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This decision...
