SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News September 3, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...
SJV WATER: Friant Water Authority agrees to replacement pump stations for district that’s suing it. But adds strings SJV Water Groundwater News May 30, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout from the ongoing who-owes-what dispute over the still sinking Friant-Kern Canal led to some...
SJV WATER: Judge orders groundwater agency to speed up records release in lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A Tulare County judge agreed that a local groundwater agency was dragging its feet producing...
NASA Uses Advanced Radar to Track Groundwater in California NASA/JPL Groundwater News March 20, 2025By Emily DeMarco, NASA Where California’s towering Sierra Nevada surrender to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story...
SJV WATER: Three troubled San Joaquin Valley subbasins may band together to tackle widespread sinking SJV Water Groundwater News March 14, 2025Water managers in the Tulare Lake, Tule and the Kaweah subbasins are discussing the possibility of creating a regional subsidence...
SJV WATER: Tea Pot Dome agrees to pay share of cost to fix sinking canal and reveal pumping data to Friant Water Authority SJV Water Groundwater News March 5, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Tea Pot Dome Water District has agreed to pay Friant Water Authority $1.4 million in...
SJV WATER: Districts lob more lawsuits at Friant Water Authority, now point finger at feds SJV Water Groundwater News January 31, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal tug of war between Friant Water Authority and three small Tulare County irrigation...
SJV WATER: Lawsuit accuses Friant Water Authority of holding secret meetings that resulted in massive fees pinned on a handful of Tulare County irrigation districts SJV Water Groundwater News November 6, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
SJV WATER: Accusations of “extortion” and “bullying” fly in dispute over who should pay for sinking the Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News October 11, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into...
PRESS RELEASE: Notice of Availability Of Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Draft Environmental Impact Report Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS October 10, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft...
AG ALERT: State Water Board agrees on probation for Tule Subbasin Ag Alert Groundwater News September 25, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Some farmers who rely on groundwater in portions of the Tule Subbasin in Tulare and...
CORNELL CHRONICLE: AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships Cornell University Policy and regulation August 29, 2024By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...
SJV WATER: Two sides attempt mediation to settle lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News August 17, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Attorneys for the Friant Water Authority and Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency agreed to mediation...
SJV WATER: Friant Water Authority pins projected canal project shortfall on four ag water districts, wants them to pony up SJV Water Groundwater News August 13, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water Even as work on the first phase of fixing the sinking Friant-Kern Canal is nearly...
PRESS RELEASE: FWA / AEWSD Statement on court ruling on lawsuit against ETGSA over Friant-Kern Canal subsidence Friant Water Authority Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law July 3, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority and the Arvin Edison Water Storage District: The Tulare County Superior Court issued...