Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Groundwater withdrawals in the Central Valley have caused a 1200-square mile subsidence bowl that is affecting water conveyance and flood control infrastructure, according to the results of a USGS study released yesterday, Land subsidence along the Delta-Mendota Canal in the...
Population growth and more intensive land use are projected to place increasing pressure on California’s water resources while at the same time, surface runoff is expected to decline due to climate change. Additionally, efforts aimed at regional self-sufficiency often involve...
By shifting its timing and use of electricity, California’s water sector can help avoid the need to build new power plants, a new white paper, California’s Water-Energy Nexus: Pathways to Implementation, has determined. Written by GEI Consultants on behalf of...
