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 and Lisa McEwen The Friant-Kern Canal was called out specifically as one of the reasons the state should take over pumping in the Tule groundwater subbasin in Tulare County. The recommendation was contained in a recently released...
Groundwater depletion causing dry well impacts and subsidence that threatens critical infrastructure, including the Friant-Kern Canal From the State Water...
State-of-the-art helicopter-based technology and local coordination improve management of our underground water supply From the Department of Water Resources: National...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its Groundwater Well Permitting: Observations and Analysis of Executive Orders N-7-22 and N-3-23 report, which focuses on Executive Order N-7-22 (paragraph 9, March 28, 2022) and...
Notice from the Department of Water Resources: A Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Carpinteria Basin that was recently submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is now posted on the DWR SGMA Portal. The plan is open to...
From the Department of Water Resources: To help Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) appropriately address depletions of interconnected surface water (ISW) in their Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the first in a series of three...
Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have filed a lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) in Tulare County Superior Court for breach of a...
