Groundwater contamination Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ILRP: Central Coast Water Board staff present concepts for the Alternative Water Supply Program; Invite public comment through Sept. 9

August 27, 2025

By Jane Sooby The August 21, 2025, meeting of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board was devoted mostly...

ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data

Jane Sooby

Water quality

August 20, 2025

By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...

FRESNOLAND: After years of political clashes, is this Central Valley community finally on a path to clean water?

Fresnoland

Planning and management

March 11, 2025

Efforts to bring clean water to East Orosi have progressed slowly in recent years, leaving residents living off bottled water...

NOTICE of Proposed Rulemaking: California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16, Underground Storage Tank Regulations

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

December 27, 2024

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has extended the 45-day public comment period for the proposed rulemaking...

FRESNOLAND: ‘It’s horrible.’ Fresno’s record-breaking settlement highlights region’s larger drinking water problem

Fresnoland

Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

Efforts to hold chemical giants accountable have been hampered by state regulators’ failure to map the full extent of contamination,...

KFF HEALTH NEWS: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

Maven

Groundwater News

December 12, 2024

By Hannah Norman, KFF Health News Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or...

UC DAVIS: Extreme weather accelerates nitrate pollution in groundwater

UC Davis

Groundwater News

November 13, 2024

Heavy rains can cause contamination in just 10 days By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Extreme weather spurred by climate change,...

ARMY CORPS: Cold war cleanup in the Central Valley

US Army Corps of Engineers

Groundwater News

October 25, 2024

From the Army Corps of Engineers: Attacks by Germany and Japan thrust two emerging world powers — the Soviet Union...

USGS: Millions in the U.S. may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies

USGS

Groundwater News

October 25, 2024

Estimates according to a new USGS predictive model. Exposure to some PFAS may lead to adverse health risks. Press release...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Monsanto will pay Los Angeles $35 million to settle lawsuit over contaminated waters

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation Water quality

October 11, 2024

For nearly 50 years, the agrochemical conglomerate was the sole producer of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs in the United States....

THE CONVERSATION: Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

The Conversation

Water quality

October 11, 2024

By Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source....

SJV WATER: Gov. Newsom signs trio of water bills to fix long-term water problems in tiny East Orosi

SJV Water

Policy and regulation

September 25, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Residents of East Orosi played host to Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday, who briefly stopped in...

CAL MATTERS: ‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation Water quality

September 10, 2024

Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for...

CAL MATTERS: Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned

Cal Matters

Groundwater News

August 8, 2024

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk....

UC RIVERSIDE: Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

UC Riverside

Water quality

July 18, 2024

Bacteria can cleave stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds in insidious water pollutants By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering...