SJV WATER: State recommends Kern subbasin be moved off enforcement track, with some caveats SJV Water Groundwater News September 6, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern farmers will likely avoid state sanctions thanks to the latest revision of the region’s...
SJV WATER: New $2 million program aims to protect Hanford-area domestic wells SJV Water Groundwater News August 21, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Landowners who rely on domestic wells for drinking water may be able to seek help...
SJV WATER: Meeting notes: The cost of wells and hot button bills discussed SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 28, 2025By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Meetings & agenda packets: Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, May 14: CLICK HERE Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...
SJV WATER: Reduction in state funding for dry well programs creating angst among groundwater agencies SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A reduction in state funding for a Visalia-based nonprofit is creating a lot of angst...
AG ALERT: Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA Ag Alert Groundwater News January 15, 2025By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Blake Wilbur, whose family has farmed in Tulare County for four generations, grew up hearing...
SJV WATER: Valley residents already struggling with dry wells faced another problem this summer: Superheated tank water SJV Water Policy and regulation September 28, 2024By Jesse Vad, SJV Water First their wells went dry. Then this summer’s brutal heat wave made water in emergency...
SJV WATER: Extreme, prolonged heat is straining drinking water wells throughout the San Joaquin Valley SJV Water Water quality August 7, 2024By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Despite back-to-back good water years, domestic wells are still drying up all across the valley...
SJV WATER: New state program aims to help residents before wells go dry in California’s next, inevitable, drought SJV Water Groundwater News August 7, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water After two multi-year episodes of intense drought over the past decade, there is finally a...
DWR: What to Do if Your Well Has Gone Dry – New ‘Be Well Prepared’ Flyer Available in Multiple Languages Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTSGroundwater News July 13, 2023From the Department of Water Resources: On May 17, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the official launch...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Arsenic Contaminates Private Drinking Water Wells Across the Western Great Basin Desert Research Institute Groundwater News February 21, 2023A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah...
Tools and information released to help deal with dry wells Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTS July 8, 2022New tools and information have been released to help deal with dry wells in California. DWR and the State Water...
GUEST COMMENTARY: As the drought worsens, there are two plans to protect water: one keeps water flowing for now, the other for decades to come Guest Contributor CommentaryGroundwater NewsPolicy and regulation April 26, 2022Guest commentary by Ruth Martinez (Ducor Water Board Member) and Roger Dickinson (Co-author of SGMA) The California town of Ducor,...
DWR: Groundwater Management and Drought: An Interview with the San Joaquin Valley Partnership Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News March 8, 2022From the Department of Water Resources: As California continues to experience historic drought conditions with less available snowpack and precipitation,...
SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION: Protecting Water Quality While Recharging Aquifers Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality February 10, 2022Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater...
CAL MATTERS: Four San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans deemed inadequate Cal Matters Groundwater News November 18, 2021State officials warn some of the state’s most powerful and largest agricultural districts that their plans fail to address how...
