Presentation looks at the benefits, challenges, and risks of Metropolitan’s groundwater banking programs Beginning in the early 1990s, Metropolitan Water...
By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that...
Timothy Parker and Graham Fogg discuss the benefits and the challenges of Managed Aquifer Recharge, and how MAR can be key to water security in a changing climate Groundwater is an essential water source, providing 35% of the fresh water...
Kamyar Guivetchi on the importance of the Flood MAR concept and what DWR and other state agencies are doing to...
Natural sources of the toxic form of chromium appear in wells that provide drinking water to a large population in...
Dudek hydrogeologist Jill Weinberger discusses groundwater sustainability planning and lessons learned California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires all groundwater basins designated as medium or high priority to develop a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to achieve sustainable management by 2040-2042. ...
By Kamyar Guivetchi California is known for its variable climate – its perennial oscillation between drought and flood events. Climate...
By DWR DWR recognizes the need to rehabilitate and modernize water and flood infrastructure in California. Floodwater for Managed Aquifer...
In 2014 California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which mandates that areas that depend upon groundwater achieve sustainability by 2040. Meeting the requirements of SGMA will mean a net reduction in groundwater overdraft of about 2 million acre-feet...
38 basins previously ranked high/medium priority drop to low/very-low priority; 14 new basins now high/medium priority and subject to SGMA...
Maurice Hall and Kevin O’Brien present differing scenarios for how Groundwater Sustainability Agencies might address surface water impacts of groundwater...
Speech at Kern County Water Summit emphasizes groundwater replenishment and partnerships as the keys to successful SGMA implementation Since the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was passed in the fall of 2014, new Groundwater Sustainability Agencies have been formed across...
Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...
An interview with Christina Beckstead, Executive Director, Madera County Farm Bureau Christina Beckstead is executive director of Madera County Farm...
An interview with Adriana Renteria, Regional Water Management Coordinator, Community Water Center The Community Water Center (www.communitywatercenter.org) is a nonprofit organization that works through education, organizing and advocacy to increase access to clean water. Founded in 2006, it has offices...