Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater agencies to form its own independent groundwater sustainability agency (GSA). As the state’s historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) turns...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically overtapped aquifers? Water managers in the Kaweah subbasin in northwestern Tulare County hope to find out by having farmers tinker...
From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...
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...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water After three years, more of the Central Valley is being folded into the state’s nitrate control program. But program managers and environmental justice advocates say there are still serious problems with outreach. The state’s nitrate...
State, Local Water Agencies Achieve Major Milestone in Efforts to Ensure Groundwater Sustainability Statewide From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) marked a major milestone in long-term water supply management efforts today with the completion...
