Groundwater markets Archives

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

Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics

November 6, 2025

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

CA WATER COMMISSION: From Fox Canyon to Mid-Kaweah: Insights into groundwater trading

Maven

Groundwater News

September 30, 2025

The August meeting of the California Water Commission featured a panel discussion on groundwater trading, which has emerged as a...

SGMA UPDATE: Groundwater trading, SGMA implementation, and the 2023 groundwater conditions report

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 5, 2024

At the May meeting of the California Water Commission, the Commission was updated on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Draft white paper includes preliminary findings, next steps on safeguards for groundwater trading programs

CA Water Commission

Policy and regulation Reports

January 13, 2022

From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing how to shape well-managed groundwater trading programs...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Groundwater Rights Summary and Allocations Challenges for Market Development

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 13, 2021

For the past several months, the California Water Commission has been leading a process to frame state considerations around how...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Water markets can help bring California’s groundwater into balance

Cal Matters

Groundwater News

September 20, 2021

Water banking and trading are essential tools for managing the state’s groundwater, and we urgently need to make them work...

AG ALERT: Voluntary groundwater trading efforts gain steam

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

August 25, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert State agencies and interest groups are working to develop a voluntary groundwater trading program as...

DR. CHRISTINA BABBITT: Advancing Well-Designed Water Trading Programs in California

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

August 18, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

STEVEN SPRINGHORN: Water Trading & the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

August 17, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

December 15, 2020

At the 3rd Annual Western Groundwater Congress, Anona Dutton with EKI Environment and Water gave a presentation on water transfers...

GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 20, 2019

The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...

CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Utilization of Water Transfers to Recharge Groundwater Basins

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

March 14, 2018

Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...