Groundwater News Archives ~ Page 5 of 55 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

August 29, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of the State Water Boards’ efforts to better understand groundwater recharge...

EDWARD RING: How dredging the Delta enables groundwater recharge

Edward Ring

Groundwater News

August 28, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization and...

SJV WATER: New $2 million program aims to protect Hanford-area domestic wells

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 21, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Landowners who rely on domestic wells for drinking water may be able to seek help from the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency if the tap runs dry. In an Aug. 12 board meeting, the GSA...

SJV WATER: State’s proposed fee change for pumpers falls flat

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 10, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board reversed course on a proposed fee change for groundwater...

COMMENTARY: California groundwater reform sets a dangerous precedent. Lawmakers should think twice

Cal Matters

Commentary Groundwater News Policy and regulation

August 8, 2025

By David Saint-Amand, board president of the Indian Wells Valley Water District This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...

UC RIVERSIDE: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California’s Central Valley

UC Riverside

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

Over pumping wells causes subsidence that devalues houses, UCR study finds By Dan Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California’s Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values....

SJV WATER: Farmers in west Fresno County groundwater agency to consider 200% pumping fee hike

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A western Fresno County groundwater agency hopes to increase pumping fees by about 212%, from...

DWR: New key concept presentation video on subsidence released

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: DWR has released an approximately 30-minute lecture-style presentation video about a key concept presented...

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals praises court ruling as positive outcome for the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin

Press Release/Notice

Groundwater News

August 1, 2025

Press release from Searles Valley Minerals: Searles Valley Minerals is pleased with the decision of Orange County Superior Court confirming that the Navy’s federal reserved water right within the Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin is limited to 2,008 acre-feet per...

PRESS RELEASE: Preliminary court ruling limits U.S. Navy water rights

Indian Wells Valley

Groundwater News

July 31, 2025

Ruling doesn’t change estimates of China Lake water use, but will likely mean less, more expensive water for Indian Wells...

ASU: New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates

Arizona State University

Groundwater News

July 29, 2025

ASU-led research uses 20 years of satellite data to reveal unprecedented continental drying New findings from studying over two decades...

SJV WATER: State zeroes in on the sinking San Joaquin Valley

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 26, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released by the Department of Water Resources on Thursday. The guidelines provide...

SJV WATER: Lemoore farmers unhappy with lack of representation on groundwater agency

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 26, 2025

By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water Growers in northwestern Kings County are fed up with a lack of representation on their...

SGMA NEWS: DWR releases draft best management practices on managing land subsidence in California

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News Policy and regulation

July 24, 2025

“Best management practices” will help local water managers combat sinking lands & protect critical water infrastructure From the Department of...

SJV WATER: Bill may extend lifeline to Tulare County farmers left behind after groundwater agency implosion

SJV Water

Groundwater News Policy and regulation

July 23, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) can see a light at the end of the tunnel as county administrators begin to execute a rescue plan to help them comply with the state’s...

Groundwater News

STATE WATER BOARD: New Webpage – Effects of Recharge on Groundwater Quality

EDWARD RING: How dredging the Delta enables groundwater recharge

SJV WATER: New $2 million program aims to protect Hanford-area domestic wells

SJV WATER: State’s proposed fee change for pumpers falls flat

COMMENTARY: California groundwater reform sets a dangerous precedent. Lawmakers should think twice

UC RIVERSIDE: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California’s Central Valley

SJV WATER: Farmers in west Fresno County groundwater agency to consider 200% pumping fee hike

DWR: New key concept presentation video on subsidence released

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals praises court ruling as positive outcome for the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin

PRESS RELEASE: Preliminary court ruling limits U.S. Navy water rights

ASU: New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates

SJV WATER: State zeroes in on the sinking San Joaquin Valley

SJV WATER: Lemoore farmers unhappy with lack of representation on groundwater agency

SGMA NEWS: DWR releases draft best management practices on managing land subsidence in California

SJV WATER: Bill may extend lifeline to Tulare County farmers left behind after groundwater agency implosion

DAILY DIGEST, 1/7: California scientists maintain one of the world’s longest-running snow datasets; From roadways to waterways: The environmental toll of 6PPD-quinone; Groundwater recharge estimation factsheet now available; Deadlocked Colorado River negotiators to meet; and more …