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 The Tule subbasin is next up to face the state in a groundwater probation hearing. Staff from the state Resources Water Control Board held a public workshop on Friday to go over its recommendations and...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: Since 2018, third-party Coalitions within the Central Valley Region have been collaborating on the development of an assessment framework (Groundwater Protection Formula, Values, and Targets) to establish township-level nitrogen loading rates from irrigated...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Meeting: Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority board of directors Date: March 29, 2024 Agenda and Packet: CLICK HERE Background: The basin depends on 7,650 acre feet of natural inflow each year but users pump out...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On March 19, 2024, the State Water Board adopted Resolution No. 2024-0011 to revise by emergency regulation the water rights fee schedules in title 23, section 1040 of the California Code of Regulations,...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its Resource Guide for Funding Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Implementation. ...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Members of the state Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously on Tuesday, March 19, to reduce pumping fees for groundwater users in subbasins that come under state control, known as “probationary status.” The controversial fee...
