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PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District file lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for breach of settlement agreement and interference with contract for water deliveries

February 16, 2024

Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...

PROFILE: Rosemary Knight and Meredith Goebel: Ground(water) Breaking Science in the San Joaquin Valley

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

February 16, 2024

By Jessica Sheaves, NASA Earth Applied Sciences writer In 2014, Rosemary Knight had access to a helicopter and an ambitious...

SJV WATER: World Ag Expo: Water seminar lands with a thud as speaker details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 14, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The sun was shining and blue skies reigned over the 57th World Ag Expo in Tulare County Tuesday but inside seminar trailer No. 2 the mood was gloomy to dismal as panelists discussed the San...

SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 14, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...

EOS: Groundwater levels are dropping around the world

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

February 14, 2024

Well data from around the world show declines driven by water use and climate change. by Katherine Bourzac Farmers rely...

KNOWABLE: The hidden threat from rising coastal groundwater

Knowable Magazine

Groundwater News

February 10, 2024

Sea level rise won’t hit just homes on shorefronts, but also the infrastructure beneath our feet By Shellie Habel, Knowable Magazine When people think about sea level rise, many picture scenarios like flooded coastlines in Florida or Bangladesh, and beachfront...

SJV WATER: Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 2, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically...

SGMA Implementation: DWR’s Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California’s Critical Water Supply

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

February 2, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...

SJV WATER: North Kern Water District discusses nitrate compliance options

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 25, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Central Valley Salinity Alternative for Long Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS), discussion only. Salt and nitrate levels...

SJV WATER: North Kern Water District discusses nitrate compliance options

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 24, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was...

CAL MATTERS: California ranks high worldwide for rapidly depleted groundwater

Cal Matters

Groundwater News

January 24, 2024

Researchers found that the world’s most rapidly declining basins are in farm regions, especially drier areas like the San Joaquin...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Groundwater levels around the world are dropping quickly, often at accelerating rates

Maven

Groundwater News

January 24, 2024

Rapid declines are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California, the most extensive analysis of groundwater trends so far shows. By Liz Gross, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit,...

SJV WATER: State nitrate program expands but public participation is still lacking

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 24, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water After three years, more of the Central Valley is being folded into the state’s nitrate...

SJV WATER: How a state-funded drought program was converted to help farmers take on flood water and permanently cut groundwater pumping

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 24, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water When farmers fallowed thousands of acres during the recent drought, most didn’t expect they would...

SJV WATER: Desert groundwater agency approves bids for initial work on a 50-mile pipeline to import water

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 19, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Major topic of the meeting of the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority was the Imported Water Pipeline and Request for Bids for Utility Potholing for Imported Water Pipeline Background: The Indian Wells Valley in eastern...