By Lois Henry, SJV Water Groundwater recharge – or the lack of it – was a driving force behind the...
One of California’s most susceptible regions to disastrous flooding faces dangerous conditions as the historic new snowpack melts. But there...
by Robin Meadows Two decades ago, scientists were alarmed by sudden declines in at-risk fish and their tiny prey, called zooplankton, in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. “No one knew why,” says Dylan Stern, a Program Manager at the Delta...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern Water Bank Authority paid $35,000 just to file an application for a temporary...
UC Davis Provides Farmers with New Technologies and Tools in Response to Climate Change By Amy Quinton, UC Davis On...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced today the approval of groundwater sustainability plans for 12 non-critically overdrafted groundwater basins located across California. The approved basins include Big Valley, Shasta Valley, Scott River Valley,...
In March 2023, the Department of Water Resources issued final determinations on groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) submitted by the groundwater...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...
Today, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released the Considerations for Identifying and Addressing Drinking Water Well Impacts guidance document and technical assistance. This guidance document supports and assists groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to fully consider and appropriately address potential impacts...
By Julia Kane, Lina Tran, & Diana Kruzman, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Madera subbasin’s groundwater plan appears headed for state rejection after one of the region’s...
The state could embrace “policy synergy” to deploy solar in areas transitioning out of agriculture, but the transmission lines must come first. By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Inside Climate News. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Most groundwater plans covering the San Joaquin Valley got a big, fat thumbs down from...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Governor Gavin Newsom is hoping to see the deluge from the ongoing storms socked away...
The Stockton East Water District and the California Department of Water Resources filed a 180-day temporary water right permit application (T033357) with the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, to divert 3,200 acre-feet of water to underground...