Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Update will help local agencies meet Sustainable Groundwater Management Act requirements From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today issued an interim update to its Bulletin 118 series, California’s Groundwater, with key information to...
Sets Stage for Sustainable Local Groundwater Management From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the final 2016 modifications to California’s groundwater basin boundaries, preparing the way for local agencies to bring their...
Dr. Thomas Harter gives an overview of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the key components of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan,and how to address uncertainty In the fall of 2014, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, bringing groundwater management...
Survey of groundwater professionals points to need for standardized data monitoring and makes policy recommendations for successful implementation of historic...
Panel tackles the question of what is a ‘groundwater-dependent ecosystem’ and how that fits into the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, was passed in 2014 by the state legislature, and for the first time,...
Dr. Michael Kiparsky briefs the California Water Commission on a new report on designing effective groundwater sustainability agencies Designing institutions...
Department of Water Resources staff review all the comments received on the draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan regulations, and discuss possible revisions in response to those comments At the April meeting of the California Water Commission, the staff from the Department...
