California Aqueduct

May 7, 2025

By DWR News: A recently released technical report concludes that the sinking of land in the Central Valley due to...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 22, 2024

The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence....

DWR NEWS: DWR Uses Kern River Intertie to Redirect Flood Water from Tulare Lake

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

May 22, 2023

By DWR News The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is using a unique piece of State Water Project (SWP)...

SJV WATER: Kern River headed to intertie Saturday after brief delay

Water project operations

May 18, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern River water is expected to go into the intertie, which connects the river to...

SJV WATER: Kern River water to go into California Aqueduct to keep it out of Tulare Lake; flows to ramp up mid-June

Water project operations

May 12, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water For the first time in 17 years, the Kern River “intertie” will be opened on...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the California Aqueduct Subsidence Program

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

November 18, 2021

At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Daniel Whisman, principal engineer and program manager for DWR’s California Aqueduct...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Addressing California Aqueduct subsidence; State Water Project Operations and Maintenance

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

November 24, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the November meeeting of the California Water Commission, Commissioners were briefed on subsidence issues with the California Aqueduct...

SJV WATER: SoCal water managers want to know who – exactly – is sinking the California Aqueduct

February 21, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A state report released in December pinned blame for sinking along the California Aqueduct on...

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Subsidence of the California Aqueduct in the San Joaquin Valley

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

February 19, 2020

Plus a brief update on the voluntary agreements, and good news on the Colorado River Recently, the Department of Water...

SJV WATER: Nuts getting a bad rap for sinking the California Aqueduct

February 6, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water State water officials are blaming almond and pistachio orchards for sinking the California Aqueduct before...

SJV WATER: Extreme ag pumping threatens California’s main water artery

Reports Water project operations

February 6, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Heavy groundwater pumping to sustain a massive increase in orchards and vineyards in the San...

USGS: Land Subsidence Along the California Aqueduct in West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10

USGS

August 10, 2018

By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...

STATE WATER PROJECT UPDATE: Oroville spillways construction overview, subsidence along the California Aqueduct; DWR’s GHG reduction plan

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Water project operations

November 21, 2017

The nine-member California Water Commission has been given a number of responsibilities as dictated by the California Water Code; one...

NASA/JPL: California drought causing San Joaquin Valley land to sink

NASA/JPL