Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Public input helps refine Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations From the Department of Water Resources: “The Department...
Presentation includes summary of comments received and planned revisions, as well as a new online tool; brief update on SWP projects and issues At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, commission members were briefed on the progress on...
Staff give details on the background, the process for identifying critically overdrafted basins, the results and the next steps; public comment on the draft list closes on September 25 The Department of Water Resources has released for public comment a...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has made preliminary identification of 21 groundwater basins and subbasins that have been significantly overdrafted by excessive pumping and thus fall under the earliest deadlines required by groundwater...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) directs DWR to identify...
A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought. By NASA/JPL As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought,...
From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...
Steven Springhorn, a member of the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Implementation Team, updated the California Water Commission at its June meeting on the status of implementation of the legislation. He discussed the basin boundary regulations, introduced the...
