Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials, local water agencies and farmers have spent the past decade preparing for the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, a historic regulatory framework developed to bring overdrafted aquifers into balance by...
A new study from Stanford researchers shows central California’s vast San Joaquin Valley has sunk at a record pace since 2006. Strategic recharging of aquifers could help slow or stop the sinking. From the Stanford Report: A new study shows...
Notice from the State Water Resources Control Board: Please be advised that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is cancelling the January 7, 2025, Public Board Hearing for the Proposed Designation of the Kaweah Subbasin as a...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to find ways to relieve pressure on the area’s aquifer to protect domestic wells. With the latest election, they hope all...
Estimates according to a new USGS predictive model. Exposure to some PFAS may lead to adverse health risks. Press release from the USGS Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states – more than 20% of the...
