By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A unique land trust in southwestern Tulare County that aims to preserve farming by strategically...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: In California, farmers test a method to sink more water into underground stores
A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water North Kern Water Storage District is part of the North Central Kern (NCK) Groundwater Sustainability Agency, along with 22 other entities. The NCK GSA is looking to send a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the...
By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation The historically wet winter early this year motivated greater adoption of a water...
by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water San Joaquin Valley groundwater managers have had six years to come up with plans to...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water With the state poised to possibly mandate how much water Kings County farmers are allowed to pump, it was surprising how quiet the first public workshop on this contentious issue was. While more than 225...
A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally From the Desert...
From the Department of Water Resources: On October 30, 2023, DWR released its Groundwater Sustainability Plan Implementation: A Guide to Annual Reports,...
Eleven Basins are Approved, and Six Basins are Deemed Incomplete and have 180 Days to Correct Plans From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced decisions for groundwater sustainability plans in 17 non-critically overdrafted...
Officials celebrate start of $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage From the Metropolitan Water...
By Lois Henry and Lisa McEwen, SJV Water In a state where there seems to be no middle ground on...
A new study by UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley researchers calculates how a unique program modeled after rooftop solar metering can help to enhance the storage of groundwater By Elisa Smith (UC Santa Cruz) and Tove Sharp (UC Berkeley)...
By: Justin Fredrickson, a water and environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau A Public Policy Institute of California...
Hundreds of wells in Tulare Lake aquifer are at risk of going dry. Today’s recommendation is the first time that...
Tulare Lake prioritized due to impacts to dry wells and subsidence affecting infrastructure and communities From the State Water Resources Control Board: Signaling the next stage in California’s actions toward ensuring the long-term viability of its groundwater supplies, the State...