By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Meetings & agenda packets: Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, May 14: CLICK HERE Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A reduction in state funding for a Visalia-based nonprofit is creating a lot of angst...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water At least one Tulare County groundwater region is doing things right when it comes to protecting residential drinking water wells, according to two advocacy organizations. The Kaweah subbasin, which covers the northern half of Tulare...
By Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source....
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water First their wells went dry. Then this summer’s brutal heat wave made water in emergency...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Residents of East Orosi played host to Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday, who briefly stopped in the tiny community nestled against the foothills of northern Tulare County to sign three bills guaranteeing them an end to...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Despite back-to-back good water years, domestic wells are still drying up all across the valley...
By Lois Henry and Lisa McEwen, SJV Water In a state where there seems to be no middle ground on...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water After two multi-year episodes of intense drought over the past decade, there is finally a centralized hub of resources and information for well owners and communities that suffered when their wells went dry. Before the...
From the Department of Water Resources: Moving to help preserve groundwater supplies for Central Valley communities, the Department of Water...
From the Department of Water Resources: On May 17, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the official launch...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in by truck on June 5. It’s the first time the town has needed hauled water since October of 2022. Despite...
Today, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released the Considerations for Identifying and Addressing Drinking Water Well Impacts guidance document and...
Communities, largely home to low-income Latino residents, still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects...
New tools and information have been released to help deal with dry wells in California. DWR and the State Water Resources Control Board have developed the Dry Well Susceptibility Tool. Details are available in this fact sheet. The Dry Well...