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...
DWR NEWS: State Releases California Water Plan Update 2023: A Roadmap to Water Management and Infrastructure for a Water Resilient Future Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 3, 2024The 2023 update focuses on equity, watershed resilience, and climate urgency The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released...
AG ALERT: 2024 marks a decade of SGMA regulations Ag Alert Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation March 20, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires local agencies in affected basins to...
PROFILE: Rosemary Knight and Meredith Goebel: Ground(water) Breaking Science in the San Joaquin Valley NASA/JPL Groundwater News February 16, 2024By Jessica Sheaves, NASA Earth Applied Sciences writer In 2014, Rosemary Knight had access to a helicopter and an ambitious...
CAL MATTERS: California ranks high worldwide for rapidly depleted groundwater Cal Matters Groundwater News January 24, 2024Researchers found that the world’s most rapidly declining basins are in farm regions, especially drier areas like the San Joaquin...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Groundwater levels around the world are dropping quickly, often at accelerating rates Maven Groundwater News January 24, 2024Rapid declines are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California, the most extensive analysis of groundwater...
DWR NEWS: Local Actions are Key to Progress in Reaching Groundwater Sustainability Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News July 6, 2023By Paul Gosselin, DWR Deputy Director of Sustainable Groundwater Management Some may be asking after this extremely wet water year —...
UCSB CURRENT: The more stakeholders are included in groundwater planning, the better those policies protect them UC Santa Barbara Groundwater News June 27, 2023By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Current Having a seat at the table, and voices heard, makes a world of...
THIS JUST IN … California Advances Groundwater Sustainability with Release of Decisions for Management Plans in Critically Overdrafted Basins Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News March 2, 2023Department of Water Resources Will Transmit Six Basin Determinations to State Water Board, Beginning State Intervention Process From the Department...
DWR NEWS: DWR’s Groundwater Program Key to Long-Term Water Resilience Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News October 5, 2022From DWR News California’s new water year started on October 1 and with continued warm and dry weather in the...
AG ALERT: Comprehensive update to aid in managing aquifers Ag Alert Groundwater News November 24, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert To keep people informed about the status of groundwater, especially as the state experiences drought...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Rush is on to drought-proof California’s archaic water system Courthouse News Service Planning and management November 20, 2021Suddenly flush with cash, drought-riddled California has a golden opportunity to update its 20th century water infrastructure and retrofit it...
ACWA CONFERENCE PANEL: Reconciling the Regulatory Overlap of Groundwater Programs Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features July 7, 2021Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: California needs comprehensive groundwater management Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News April 8, 2021The Department of Water Resources should enhance groundwater protection with changes to California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. By Jeanette Howard,...
Conjunctive management and groundwater Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features October 17, 2020With the right infrastructure in place, water districts and agencies can manage surface water and groundwater as a single source,...
