The new regulation outlines the procedure for requesting groundwater basin boundary changes, as well as the methodology and criteria for...
The regulation now heads to the Office of Administrative Law for processing From the Department of Water Resources: Implementation of...
Public input helps refine Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations From the Department of Water Resources: “The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the Proposed Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations in a step...
Presentation includes summary of comments received and planned revisions, as well as a new online tool; brief update on SWP...
Dr. Thomas Harter on the importance groundwater – a critical source of drinking water and drought insurance for 40% of...
Public comment period on the draft regulations closes this Friday Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources held a public meeting to present the draft set of regulations for revising groundwater basin boundaries, the first set of regulations to be developed...
Staff give details on the background, the process for identifying critically overdrafted basins, the results and the next steps; public...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN, online at www.c-win.org) has notified the County...
DWR’s Mary Scruggs gives more details on the draft list of critically overdrafted basins; plus an update on the development of groundwater sustainability plan regulations At the August meeting of the California Water Commission, Supervising Engineering Geologist Mary Scruggs briefed...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has made preliminary identification of 21 groundwater basins...
Maven note: Headline is the one issued with the press release. It should perhaps more properly be: “Groundwater Subsidence Causing...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) directs DWR to identify groundwater basins and subbasins that show obvious and significant negative impacts from chronic groundwater pumping. Those impacts include seawater intrusion,...
A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping...
From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...
Last Friday, the Department of Water Resources released the draft basin boundary regulations for public review and comment, the first set of regulations to be developed as part of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Just days prior to that at...