Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a determination on groundwater sustainability...
The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it. by Abrahm Lustgartenm Pro Publica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
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 (GSPs) developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). These basins were given...
From the Department of Water Resources: On January 21, 2022, the Department released four 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 received grants so far...
The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous waste under the law when it wasn’t actively involved in removing the waste to a disposal site. By Edvard Pettersson,...
Did you know, in the San Joaquin Valley, there are 128 Groundwater Sustainability Plans? Are you wondering: What’s a Groundwater Sustainability Plan, and how does it affect me? Join Fresno State’s California Water Institute, Civic Well, and Maven’s Notebook for...