Groundwater News Archives ~ Page 29 of 52 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

February 7, 2023

Written by Jennifer West, Managing Director of WateReuse California As the impacts of California’s ongoing drought collide with new groundwater...

DWR NEWS: DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

February 6, 2023

By DWR News The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) innovative Statewide Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey Project has now released AEM...

WEBINAR: A Watershed Moment: Realizing our Recharge Potential

Maven

Groundwater News Webinars

February 3, 2023

Sustainable Conservation’s CEO Ashley Boren and Director of Resource Stewardship Dr. Daniel Mountjoy discuss what all of our recent storms mean for groundwater recharge in 2023 and beyond, and how we can better prepare for future wet and dry times...

COMMENTARY: California must capture water in wet years and expedite projects

Ag Alert

Commentary Groundwater News

February 1, 2023

Jamie Johansson, California Farm Bureau Federation Now that the recent series of Pacific storms have abated and we are in...

NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

January 23, 2023

This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain....

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Unlocking ‘nature’s storm drains’ to harness floods and combat California’s drought

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

January 21, 2023

What if valleys — carved by glaciers during the last ice age and filled over millennia with highly permeable sand —extended down into California’s drought-addled Central Valley and could channel rain and snowmelt into aquifers like a storm drain? Some...

DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 18, 2023

By DWR News The wet winter storms in January 2023 have brought a lot of water that has the potential...

STATE WATER BOARD: Board issues first five-year temporary groundwater recharge permit

State Water Board

Groundwater News

January 13, 2023

Streamlined permitting helps capture stormwater in Sacramento, Merced counties Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Furthering state...

THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

The Conversation

Groundwater News Water supply augmentation

January 6, 2023

By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean....

SJV WATER: Desert groundwater agency mulls how to get water from San Joaquin Valley

SJV Water

Groundwater News

December 17, 2022

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A high-desert groundwater agency in eastern Kern County that’s in the midst of buying water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Joaquin Valley residents, growers vying for water in fourth year of drought

Courthouse News Service

Agriculture Groundwater News

November 19, 2022

Residents and growers in the driest land in California’s Central Valley are struggling to decide who gets priority water first....

AG ALERT: Water rules add to challenges for farmers

Ag Alert

Agriculture Groundwater News Policy and regulation

November 16, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Already grappling with drought, lower commodity prices and higher production costs, more farmers are feeling the added pinch of groundwater regulations as local agencies implement plans that include pumping limits and new fees to balance...

AG ALERT: Efforts to protect groundwater are tested by drought

Ag Alert

Agriculture Groundwater News

November 9, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Balancing the state’s groundwater supplies for a sustainable future may not be easy due to...

EOS: Reaching New Levels in Groundwater Monitoring

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

November 3, 2022

As regions around the world face record-breaking droughts, researchers are using seismology to track groundwater levels and show that sustainable...

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA is Failing. Time to Fix It

Guest Contributor

Commentary Groundwater News Policy and regulation

October 25, 2022

Guest commentary by Michael DeLapa, executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, and Chelsea Tu, executive director of Monterey Waterkeeper In 2014 California finally joined other western states by enacting groundwater management legislation. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires local...

Groundwater News

FEATURE: Model Partnership Brings Ag Reuse and Groundwater Sustainability to the San Joaquin Valley

DWR NEWS: DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley

WEBINAR: A Watershed Moment: Realizing our Recharge Potential

COMMENTARY: California must capture water in wet years and expedite projects

NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Unlocking ‘nature’s storm drains’ to harness floods and combat California’s drought

DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins

STATE WATER BOARD: Board issues first five-year temporary groundwater recharge permit

THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

SJV WATER: Desert groundwater agency mulls how to get water from San Joaquin Valley

COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Joaquin Valley residents, growers vying for water in fourth year of drought

AG ALERT: Water rules add to challenges for farmers

AG ALERT: Efforts to protect groundwater are tested by drought

EOS: Reaching New Levels in Groundwater Monitoring

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA is Failing. Time to Fix It

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Thunderstorms could bring flash floods to CA as cyclone nears; Return of The Blob: Heat wave spans Pacific Ocean; Parched soils can spark hot drought a nation away; Residents want a natural LA River. Officials say it’s risky; and more …