PRESS RELEASE: Court confirms ETGSA’s view of settlement agreement SJV water agencies Water rights and water law July 2, 2024Press release from the East Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency: Today the Court met for the first time with lawyers for...
SJV WATER: Kaweah’s new groundwater plan may be enough to negate state action, if they can see eye-to-eye on subsidence SJV Water Groundwater News July 2, 2024By Lisa McEwen , SJV Water The state came to Tulare County and gave water managers in the Kaweah subbasin...
NOTICE: Friant Water Authority Announces Public Scoping Meeting for the Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS May 29, 2024From the Friant Water Authority: Friant Water Authority, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is holding a...
SJV WATER: Friant lawsuit over sinking canal altered but moving forward SJV Water Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law May 8, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water One of multiple charges in a lawsuit that pins blame for the perpetually sinking Friant-Kern...
SJV WATER: Second San Joaquin Valley groundwater subbasin recommended for state takeover SJV Water Groundwater News March 11, 2024By Jesse Vad and Lisa McEwen The Friant-Kern Canal was called out specifically as one of the reasons the state...
SJV WATER: Infrastructure the main topic at Kern’s annual water summit SJV Water Policy and regulation March 8, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water With nature providing plenty of water – finally – this year, and groundwater regulation well...
SJV WATER: Sinking canal has “everyone’s attention” and could put entire Tule subbasin under state control SJV Water Groundwater News March 5, 2024By Lois Henry and Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout over the ever sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority (FWA) seeks more money from local groundwater pumping, while demanding that land subsidence cease Friant Water Authority Groundwater News February 22, 2024Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...
SJV WATER: Newly rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal still sinking from overpumping, Tulare farmers not paying their share for the fix, lawsuit alleges SJV Water Groundwater News February 17, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District file lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for breach of settlement agreement and interference with contract for water deliveries Friant Water Authority Groundwater News February 16, 2024Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...
SJV WATER: Facing possible state action, SJV groundwater agencies are scrambling to comply with SGMA, leaving some landowners in the lurch. SJV Water Groundwater News June 30, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Growers in a chunk of land sandwiched between Highway 43 and Earlimart in the south...
SJV WATER: Damage from “severe breach” of Friant-Kern Canal construction at Deer Creek difficult to assess SJV Water Water project operations March 14, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unfinished section of the new Friant-Kern Canal suffered a “severe breach” at Deer Creek...
USBR NEWS: Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again Bureau of Reclamation News Planning and management January 23, 2023Project Aims to Restore the Venerable Asset’s Ability to Convey Water By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation When a key...
EOS: Assessing Water Infrastructure Investments in California American Geophysical Union Policy and regulation May 4, 2022Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to...
AG ALERT: Drought exposes need to upgrade water facilities Ag Alert Policy and regulation June 16, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Severe drought highlights the need for greater investment to improve aging California water facilities, and...
