Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Well drillers are having a hard time updating expensive equipment to meet state air quality regulations. Some are giving up the business while others are moving their trucks at night to avoid run-ins with any...
by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow, SJV Water It seems like an impossible task, cataloging all – or at least most – of the various water projects underway and planned in the San Joaquin Valley including new recharge basins,...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Regulatory challenges and increasing water demands are shifting pressures and creating fierce resource competition in the San Joaquin Valley that will affect Kings County’s future, according to one speaker at the State of Kings County...
Latest report shows that local agencies have made great strides under SGMA, but climate extremes pose challenges From the Department of Water Resources: On the heels of the 10-year anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) last month and...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Land owners can now officially submit proposals to Madera County to convert their ag land to less water intensive uses under a new program adopted by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday using $10 million in...
