Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Assessment released today describes substantial progress made in sustainability plans. From the State Water Resources Control Board: State Water Resources...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Appellate court justices heard arguments Tuesday in the highly watched dispute over whether the state exceeded its authority when it placed the Tulare Lake subbasin on probation last year for failing to come up with...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (The Department, DWR) has released a factsheet on the impacts of land subsidence in California. This factsheet builds on the introduction of subsidence impacts in the previously released Subsidence...
Ridgecrest residents expected to shoulder financial burden to access water in the future The consequences of the California Superior Court’s final ruling in the Phase One trial of the Indian Wells Valley groundwater adjudication threatens regional stability and national security,...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in southeastern Tulare County left hanging after their old groundwater agency disintegrated have new leadership but their path forward will not be easy. “We’ve got some serious issues to deal with and our groundwater...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water It took half a dozen attempts but Kern water managers finally came up with a groundwater plan that met with state approval. The state Water Resources Control Board voted on Wednesday to move the Kern...
