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SJV WATER: “Don’t panic,” groundwater agency advises Hanford-area grower after approving controversial pumping allocation

December 20, 2025

By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water The Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) approved a pumping allocation over objections from neighboring...

SJV WATER: Lots of comments at Kings pumping policy events – just not about the pumping policies

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Groundwater News

November 21, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Two neighboring Kings County groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) released draft pumping allocation policies recently but...

GIANNINI FOUNDATION OF AG ECONOMICS: Stuck in the mud: Groundwater markets struggle to gain traction under SGMA

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Groundwater News

November 6, 2025

By Liz Saunders and Ellen M. Bruno Across critically overdrafted groundwater basins, groundwater market development has faced significant hurdles. These...

SJV WATER: Months of hashing, rehashing over “controversial” groundwater use results in proposed pumping plan for Lemoore-area farmers

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 23, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Another Kings County groundwater agency has issued a draft policy on one of its thorniest...

SJV WATER: Grappling with subsidence using data, farmer-to-farmer talks and “fluffy PR”

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 23, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water managers in southern Tulare County recently agreed to pay $50,000 for a three-month public...

SJV WATER: Hanford-area farmers again facing fees and “very difficult” pumping restrictions

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 19, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A Kings County groundwater agency that fell apart last year amid distrust largely over proposed...

AG ALERT: Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

January 15, 2025

By 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Last month, on the final day of his almond harvest, Amrik Singh Basra sat outside...

COMMENTARY: Valley farmers feel the pain of groundwater rules

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Agriculture Commentary Groundwater News

April 27, 2022

By Christina Beckstead, executive director of the Madera County Farm Bureau The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is not a new...

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

January 8, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...