Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Old, leak-prone tanks closed to protect groundwater and drinking water Press release from the State Water Board Reflecting a deep commitment to protecting groundwater — including $183 million in state aid since 2015 — the State Water Resources Control Board...
The Flood-MAR Network’s Estimating Recharge Action Team has created a Groundwater Recharge Estimation factsheet. The factsheet serves to provide landowners and groundwater sustainability agencies with some simple approaches for estimating recharge and for collecting data that will be most beneficial...
By Ellen M. Bruno, UCANR The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) opened the door for groundwater markets to emerge in much of California. Groundwater markets refer to the voluntary, compensated transfer of the right or allowance to pump groundwater, as...
By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water The Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) approved a pumping allocation over objections from neighboring...
District advances major land-repurposing initiative as water shortages force large-scale land fallowing across the San Joaquin Valley From Westlands Water District Today, the Westlands Water District Board of Directors voted to certify the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (FPEIR) and...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A new Tulare County water district is on a tight timeline to balance an opportunity to buy water for its farmers with the need to fund its operations long term. The board of the newly...
