Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
New public source code access will improve collaboration on groundwater management From the Environmental Defense Fund: The Groundwater Accounting Platform — an increasingly popular water management tool for growers and water resource professionals — has released its source code in...
DWR approves 15 groundwater sustainability plans in latest round of determinations From the Department of Water Resources: Marking a major milestone towards sustainably managing California’s groundwater supplies, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced determinations for groundwater sustainability plans...
The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small numbers,” one expert says. By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more time to continue refining plans for how they will bring the critically overdrafted subbasin into balance by 2040. They now...
Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data. By Monique Merrill, Courthouse News Service In just three months of 2023, atmospheric river storms dumped over 140% of...