Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
In May of 2013, Jay Famiglietti, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Founding Director of the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, gave a speech at Tedx event on ending the global water crisis. Here’s a transcript of...
Here’s what organizations and legislators are saying about the passage of groundwater legislation, which now awaits the Governor’s signature, listed...
Here’s what the legislators have to say about the Senate’s passage of groundwater legislation: From Senator Tom Berryhill: “Senator Tom Berryhill (R- Twain Harte) issued the following statement on legislation to regulate groundwater: “It took us more than 10 years...
A new study finds more than 75 percent of recent water loss from the Colorado River Basin came from underground sources, with grave implications for the West’s water supply. By NASA/JPL A new study by NASA and University of California,...
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard proposals from organizations for the key elements and statutory changes needed for sustainable groundwater management. In this last installment of...
A group of thirty growers and agricultural interest groups have written a letter to Governor Brown, warning him that it would be a ‘grave mistake’ to rush groundwater legislation. Making complex law and policy changes must include a sound public...
