SJV WATER: North Kern Water District discusses nitrate compliance options SJV Water Groundwater News January 25, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was...
SJV WATER: Domestic wells still going dry in San Joaquin Valley towns as historically low groundwater levels are slow to rebound SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Arsenic Contaminates Private Drinking Water Wells Across the Western Great Basin Desert Research Institute Groundwater News February 21, 2023A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah...
STATELINE: Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells Stateline Groundwater NewsWater qualityWildfires and watersheds April 28, 2022By Erika Bolstad, Stateline Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires...
CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated? Cal Matters Policy and regulation November 21, 2021By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
AG ALERT: New fertilizer management tools aid desert growers Ag Alert Water quality November 10, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...
CAL MATTERS: An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave Cal Matters Policy and regulation August 3, 2021A rural Central Valley community is without running water during a heat wave, prompting authorities to haul in bottles and...
CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated? Cal Matters Water quality November 19, 2020By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
CAL MATTERS: For California well owners, clean water is hard to get as state, local hurdles remain Cal Matters Groundwater News February 27, 2020By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Cal Matters Water is scarce and dirty for many in Fresno County’s small West Park community. They’re...
NEW REPORTS: Water and land use; Building cities to better support biodiversity; Management considerations for protecting groundwater quality; Innovation drives advances in stormwater capture Maven Planning and managementReports October 2, 2019Water and Land Use From the Local Government Commission: In 2005, the California Legislature passed new laws that enable communities to...
