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 USGS: In a pioneering study led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), researchers analyzed groundwater levels across the conterminous United States to see how certain drought metrics, like severity and duration, change over time. The study, published in...
By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water The Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District significantly reduced how much it will pay toward the planning phase of the so-called Delta Conveyance Project, which will take Sacramento River water under the ecologically sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved releasing the Delta-Mendota subbasin from potential enforcement...
From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today took two major actions under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA): it ended the prospect of probation for the Delta-Mendota Subbasin and excluded about 3,000 groundwater pumpers in...
In December 2025, the Groundwater Resources Association of California hosted a two-day webinar to examine the complex connections between Interconnected...
In December 2025, the Groundwater Resources Association of California hosted a two-day webinar on Interconnected Surface Water (ISW) and groundwater. ISW connects surface water bodies, such as rivers and streams, with groundwater beneath them. Pumping groundwater near these sources lowers...
Study examines successful cases of aquifer recovery, highlighting how communities and resource managers can tackle groundwater depletion By Harrison Tasoff,...
By SJV Water A host of groundwater agencies in southern Tulare County were disappointed Thursday after Water Resources Control Board staff recommended none of them receive a so-called “good guy” exemption from onerous reporting and fee sanctions for lacking an...
