Groundwater quality Archives

August 29, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of the State Water Boards’ efforts to better understand groundwater recharge...

AG ALERT: Water quality panel focuses on agricultural nitrogen use

Ag Alert

Water quality

August 27, 2025

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California water officials consider changes to the state’s regulatory framework for nitrogen applications and...

ILRP: Plan to limit N fertilizers draws opposing sides to Irrigated Lands expert panel meeting

Jane Sooby

Policy and regulation

August 12, 2025

Expert Panel Meeting Reveals Opposing Visions on N Fertilizer Limits By Jane Sooby As the California State Water Resources Control...

AG ALERT: Dairies decry draft waste discharge rules

Ag Alert

Agriculture

January 29, 2025

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert To reduce nitrates and ensure that people have access to safe drinking water, the state...

PRESS RELEASE: Racial discrimination complaint names State Water Board as partly to blame for fertilizer contamination in Central Coast drinking wells

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water quality Water rights and water law

March 22, 2024

Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative...

THE CONVERSATION: What is seawater intrusion? A hydrogeologist explains the shifting balance between fresh and salt water at the coast

The Conversation

Groundwater News Water quality

October 11, 2023

By Holly Michael, University of Delaware, for The Conversation Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean...

GRIST: The environmental disaster lurking beneath your neighborhood gas station

Grist

Water quality

June 14, 2023

Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it’s not going away. By Kate Yoder, Grist This story...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Arsenic Contaminates Private Drinking Water Wells Across the Western Great Basin

Desert Research Institute

Groundwater News

February 21, 2023

A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit reverses itself, upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

July 1, 2022

The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous...

NOTICE OF HEARING pertaining to imidacloprid product residue detections in groundwater

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

January 21, 2022

From the Department of Pesticide Regulation: Notice of hearing pertaining to imidacloprid product residue detections in groundwater Phase 1: Tuesday,...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 3, 2021

Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from...

NOTICE: 2021-08: Notice of Imidacloprid Residue Detections in California Groundwater and the Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act (PCPA) Review

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 24, 2021

From the Department of Pesticide Regulation: The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is initiating the Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act...

ACWA CONFERENCE PANEL: Reconciling the Regulatory Overlap of Groundwater Programs

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

July 7, 2021

Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...

STATE WATER BOARD: CV-SALTS implementation update

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 23, 2021

Elevated salinity and nitrates in surface water and groundwater are increasing problems affecting much of California, other western states, and...

AG ALERT: Wintertime farmland flooding appears to help drinking water

Ag Alert

Agriculture Groundwater News

May 26, 2021

From the California Farm Bureau Federation: Using farmland for wintertime aquifer recharge could help nearby communities replenish their groundwater supplies,...