Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Groundwater recharge – or the lack of it – was a driving force behind the sweep of new board members who took over the behemoth Westlands Water District last fall. “Urgently develop groundwater recharge,” was...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern Water Bank Authority paid $35,000 just to file an application for a temporary permit to take up to 300,000 acre feet of Kern River flood water. There’s no guarantee the permit will be...
In March 2023, the Department of Water Resources issued final determinations on groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) submitted by the groundwater basins in January of 2022 that were ultimately determined to be incomplete. After the groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) were given...
Today, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released the Considerations for Identifying and Addressing Drinking Water Well Impacts guidance document and...
By Julia Kane, Lina Tran, & Diana Kruzman, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean. Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil,...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Most groundwater plans covering the San Joaquin Valley got a big, fat thumbs down from the state. There were two glaring exceptions. Plans by the Westlands Water District and Kings subbasin, which together cover most...
