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...
AG ALERT: Groups work to widen SGMA engagement Ag Alert Groundwater News December 4, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Makhan Singh had farmed in California for more than two decades when, in 2017, he...
AG ALERT: Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll Ag Alert Groundwater News October 23, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Last month, on the final day of his almond harvest, Amrik Singh Basra sat outside...
SJV WATER: “We’re finished”: Some small Kings County farmers fear state’s groundwater law being used against them SJV Water Groundwater News March 14, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Last-ditch revisions being considered for the groundwater plan covering Kings County are not only “too...
SJV WATER: Kaweah groundwater planning still at a “stand off” even with state take-over looming SJV Water Groundwater NewsPlanning and management November 8, 2023by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water San Joaquin Valley groundwater managers have had six years to come up with plans to...
SJV WATER: Farmers fighting farmers over pumping allocations as Kaweah subbasin prepares for state scrutiny SJV Water Groundwater News October 6, 2023By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater relations in the Kaweah subbasin in Tulare County have gone from bad to worse....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Heralded winemaker sues Napa County over water wells Courthouse News Service Groundwater News September 6, 2023Napa County denied Jayson Woodbridge water well permits for four of his vineyards. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service A...
UCANR: New database helps Californians understand proposed groundwater plans UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR) Groundwater News August 24, 2023Sustainable Groundwater Management Act allows for flexibility in local conservation strategies Press release from UC Ag and Natural Resources To...
COMMENTARY: Valley farmers feel the pain of groundwater rules Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryGroundwater News April 27, 2022By Christina Beckstead, executive director of the Madera County Farm Bureau The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is not a new...
SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 13, 2021[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Developing groundwater allocations: Findings and recommendations Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features October 13, 2020As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
ERIC AVERETT: Water allocation strategies in the context of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features April 9, 2020Eric Averett is General Manager with the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, which is one of several water districts within...
ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 8, 2020As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Groundwater adjudication under SGMA Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 27, 2019Attorney Eric Garner and EDF’s Christina Babbitt discuss adjudication and management under SGMA in a panel discussion moderated by Justice...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Emerging legal issues in SGMA implementation Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law November 1, 2018Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the...
