Groundwater News Archives ~ Page 44 of 52 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

June 1, 2017

The passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act enacted a program for statewide management of groundwater, defining new roles for...

DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Program News

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

June 1, 2017

From the Department of Water Resources: Facilitation Support Service Survey DWR provided facilitation support services through professional facilitators to help...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Drought Erased 25 Cubic Miles of Central Valley’s Groundwater

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

May 22, 2017

A recent study says California’s Central Valley – one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world – lost 25 cubic miles of groundwater during the drought that ran from 2012 through last year. By Matthew Renda, Courthouse News...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Local perspectives on groundwater management

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

May 17, 2017

A look at how GSA formation is going in the Pajaro Valley, Yolo County, and Sacramento regions With the deadline...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation update

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

May 16, 2017

DWR update provides an overview of GSA formation to date and a preview of new tools to aid GSAs in...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Implications of SGMA implementation: Growers’ perspectives

Maven

Agriculture Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

April 13, 2017

How will sustainable groundwater management play out on the ground? Will land be fallowed? Can yields be somehow increased to make up for lost production? Panel of growers give their perspectives The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act requires the creation of...

NASA: Overpumping Reduces California’s Groundwater Storage

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

April 12, 2017

A new study finds decades of overpumping groundwater in California’s Central Valley have irreversibly altered the aquifer and permanently reduced...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Implementing SGMA – How Are We Getting There?

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

April 12, 2017

Panel presentations highlight how the Sacramento Valley, Madera County, Monterey County, and Ventura County are working to establish Groundwater Sustainability...

DR. JAY FAMIGLIETTI: Drought vs. Chronic Water Scarcity and Implications for Sustainability

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

April 11, 2017

The Epic California Drought as Viewed from Space Dr. Jay Famiglietti is a hydrologist and a professor of earth system science and of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Irvine, and the senior water scientist at the...

USGS: New assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory

USGS

Groundwater News Water supply augmentation

April 5, 2017

A new nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater...

ANNOUNCEMENT: State Water Board Approves Prop 1 Funding for Cleanup of Groundwater Contamination

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

March 31, 2017

The State Water Resources Control Board announced today it is awarding more than $20 million in an initial round of...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Briefing on the Water Available for Replenishment Report

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

March 29, 2017

DWR’s Jim Wieking briefs California Water Commission on the report concept and what’s in it; also an update on the Water Storage Investment Program At the March meeting of the California Water Commission, Jim Wieking from the Department of Water...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Updated Frequently Asked Questions on Groundwater Sustainability Agencies now available

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

March 23, 2017

The State Water Board has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs). The FAQ is available...

USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley

USGS

Groundwater News

March 16, 2017

San Joaquin Valley: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S. Geological Survey. Its weeklong mission: to explore...

NASA Data Show California’s San Joaquin Valley Still Sinking

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News Reports

February 28, 2017

Areas of California’s San Joaquin Valley continue to sink in response to the state’s drought, finds a new update to a 2015 JPL report commissioned by the state of California. Fast Facts: For nearly a century, groundwater pumping from Central...

Groundwater News

PANEL: The groundwater-surface water nexus & the State Water Resources Control Board

DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Program News

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Drought Erased 25 Cubic Miles of Central Valley’s Groundwater

CA WATER COMMISSION: Local perspectives on groundwater management

CA WATER COMMISSION: Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation update

PANEL DISCUSSION: Implications of SGMA implementation: Growers’ perspectives

NASA: Overpumping Reduces California’s Groundwater Storage

PANEL DISCUSSION: Implementing SGMA – How Are We Getting There?

DR. JAY FAMIGLIETTI: Drought vs. Chronic Water Scarcity and Implications for Sustainability

USGS: New assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory

ANNOUNCEMENT: State Water Board Approves Prop 1 Funding for Cleanup of Groundwater Contamination

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Briefing on the Water Available for Replenishment Report

ANNOUNCEMENT: Updated Frequently Asked Questions on Groundwater Sustainability Agencies now available

USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley

NASA Data Show California’s San Joaquin Valley Still Sinking

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Thunderstorms could bring flash floods to CA as cyclone nears; Return of The Blob: Heat wave spans Pacific Ocean; Parched soils can spark hot drought a nation away; Residents want a natural LA River. Officials say it’s risky; and more …