Flood MAR

STORY MAP: Floodplain Restoration and Recharge Pilot Studies: Evaluating the multiple benefits of increasing floodplain inundation

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

September 14, 2023

Tags Groundwater Sustainable Groundwater Management Act...

USBR NEWS: Reaping the benefits of a wet winter

Bureau of Reclamation News

Groundwater News

August 15, 2023

From the Bureau of Reclamation: Central Valley Project contractors accessed hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of floodwater provided by Reclamation...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Water rights key to San Joaquin Valley aquifer recharge

Robin Meadows

Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

June 8, 2023

Written by Robin Meadows It sounds like such a simple fix for California’s groundwater woes. In phenomenally wet years like...

SJV WATER: Regs relaxed for storing flood water

SJV Water

Groundwater News

March 11, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Governor Gavin Newsom is hoping to see the deluge from the ongoing storms socked away...

STATE WATER BOARD: Petition approved to capture flood flows, recharge groundwater

State Water Board

Groundwater News

March 8, 2023

State Water Board approves federal request to divert more than 600,000 acre-feet of water for wildlife refuges, underground storage, and...

AG ALERT: Farmers race to sink water into ground after storms

Ag Alert

AgricultureGroundwater News

February 22, 2023

By Lisa McEwen Growers in the San Joaquin Valley are hurriedly building temporary groundwater sinking basins to take advantage of...

COMMENTARY: California must capture water in wet years and expedite projects

Ag Alert

CommentaryGroundwater News

February 1, 2023

Jamie Johansson, California Farm Bureau Federation Now that the recent series of Pacific storms have abated and we are in...

DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 18, 2023

By DWR News The wet winter storms in January 2023 have brought a lot of water that has the potential...

STATE WATER BOARD: Board issues first five-year temporary groundwater recharge permit

State Water Board

Groundwater News

January 13, 2023

Streamlined permitting helps capture stormwater in Sacramento, Merced counties Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Furthering state...

THE CONVERSATION: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

The Conversation

Groundwater NewsWater supply augmentation

January 6, 2023

By Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...

KAMYAR GUIVETCHI: Managing Water Resources for Sustainability & Resilience

Maven

Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

November 30, 2022

Kamyar Guivetchi is the Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning, where he works with staff, numerous government agencies, California Native...

DWR NEWS: Going with the Flow: How Aquifer Recharge Reduces Flood Risk

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

August 3, 2022

By DWR News On a small scale, aquifers — subsurface natural basins — have benefitted from man-made recharge for decades....

AG ALERT: On-farm recharge pioneer invested in water savings

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

June 22, 2022

By Lisa McEwen, Ag Alert Don Cameron sparked curiosity in 2010 when he began a multi-phase project intended to capture...

AG ALERT: Water storage, recharge focus of Sonoma summit

Ag Alert

AgricultureGroundwater News

May 18, 2022

By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert In recognition of the ongoing drought and weather extremes, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau took...

COMMENTARY: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path

Ag Alert

CommentaryPlanning and management

January 5, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...