Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Groundwater Pumping Causes Subsidence, Damages Water Infrastructure From the Department of Water Resources: New NASA radar satellite maps prepared for...
The ongoing statewide drought and implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act have triggered increased interest in capturing high surface water flows for the purpose of recharging groundwater basins. As part of the Executive Order Governor Brown issued in November...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today, DWR published Best Management Practices (BMPs), a series of five documents that provide regulatory clarification, technical guidance, and general examples to assist groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) and inform local agencies and stakeholders. The...
Update will help local agencies meet Sustainable Groundwater Management Act requirements From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department...
Secretary Karen Ross, Thad Bettner, and Eric Averett discuss how implementation of the state’s historic groundwater legislation is progressing as key deadlines approach The passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014 set a path forward managing groundwater sustainably...
Dr. Richard Luthy presents the latest research on stormwater treatment systems can be used to recharge groundwater Traditionally, the approach to stormwater management viewed urban runoff as a flood management problem in which stormwaters need to be conveyed as quickly...
Survey of groundwater professionals points to need for standardized data monitoring and makes policy recommendations for successful implementation of historic groundwater legislation. From the Stanford News Service: After decades of dysfunction that have exacerbated chronic water problems, historic groundwater legislation...
