Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
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...
From the Department of Water Resources: Within the State of California, Tribes and underrepresented communities face many challenges accessing clean,...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a determination on groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in the Madera...
By DWR News On a small scale, aquifers — subsurface natural basins — have benefitted from man-made recharge for decades. Now, a new Department of Water Resources (DWR) assessment shows how Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge, or Flood-MAR, can help reduce...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As local groundwater sustainability agencies bring groundwater basins into balance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management...
From the Department of Water Resources: On January 28, 2022, the Department released eight Incomplete determinations on groundwater sustainability plans...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in grant funding from the state Department of Conservation to retire or repurpose farmland. Valley agencies that have received grants so...
From the Department of Water Resources: On January 21, 2022, the Department released four Incomplete determinations on groundwater sustainability plans...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in grant funding they received from the state Department of Conservation to retire or repurpose farmland. Valley agencies that received grants...
