Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater...
From the Department of Water Resources: California has reached a major milestone in its implementation of the landmark Sustainable Groundwater...
On February 1st, 2022 Maven’s Notebook, the Groundwater Exchange, and the Local Government Commission hosted a webinar entitled: How do you run a Groundwater Sustainability Agency ?– A Review of Choices made by Critically Overdrafted Subbasins. Laura Ramos and Sarge...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released eight determinations on groundwater sustainability...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released four determinations on groundwater sustainability...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released two additional determinations on groundwater sustainability plans developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). DWR has...
The Department of Water Resources has issued letters to the GSAs of the remaining six subbasins in the San Joaquin...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert When a rare heavy rain used to fall on Jim Chew’s Madera County farm, the...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Though the state’s first informal assessment of four San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans noted several — sometimes significant — deficiencies in those plans, groundwater managers were confident they could bring the plans up to snuff....
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert To keep people informed about the status of groundwater, especially as the state experiences drought...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert For the first time in California history, local agencies and groundwater users are required to...
By Dennis Pollock It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to manage water, you have to measure water.” Bill Green knows the expression well, as both an agriculture specialist at the Center for...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to...
Upcoming workshops to gather public input on the new program At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Kealiʻi...
State officials warn some of the state’s most powerful and largest agricultural districts that their plans fail to address how over-pumping could harm local communities’ drinking water supplies. By Rachel Becker, Courthouse News Service The state’s water agency today lambasted...