groundwater Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

July 15, 2020

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Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states, including Puerto Rico and Guam. For over 50 years, Sea Grant has supported co... Read More...

GSA SUMMIT: Reflections on the 2020 GSP process

Maven

July 7, 2020

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At the end of January of this year, the state’s critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their adopted groundwater sustainability plans (or GSPs), meeting an important deadline in the Sustainable Gro... Read More...

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

Maven

June 24, 2020

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Dr. Thomas Harter provides a basic understanding of groundwater – what it is, how much groundwater is out there, how fast groundwater moves, and where it comes from and where it goes Groundwater is an important part of California's - and the nation's water su... Read More...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on SGMA implementation

Maven

June 10, 2020

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Presentation discusses the GSP review process and highlights tools, resources, and assistance for GSAs Since the legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was passed in 2014, the Department... Read More...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

Maven

May 13, 2020

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With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A water budget is an accounting of the rates of the inflows, outflows, and cha... Read More...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Water resources management in the Pajaro Valley Basin

Maven

April 23, 2020

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The Pajaro Valley is home to a billion-dollar agricultural industry, it's rich, fertile soil providing fruits and vegetables for the nation and all grown with groundwater. Located on the Central Coast, the Pajaro Valley has no connection to the State Water Pr... Read More...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Utilizing excess winter stormwater flows for groundwater recharge

Maven

April 16, 2020

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Kristin Sicke is the Assistant General Manager for Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, which manages water supplies for 200,000 acres in western Yolo County, which encompasses Woodland, D... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: David Orth gives his observations on how sustainable groundwater management is playing out in the San Joaquin Valley

Maven

March 19, 2020

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David Orth is the principal of New Current Water and Land, which offers strategic planning, program implementation, and water resource development services. At the California Irrigation Institute's 2020 Annual... Read More...

WATER WRIGHTS: Kern Water Bank, Kaweah Delta, Friant Water Authority, Tulare Irrigation District, and more …

Maven

March 13, 2020

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Water Wrights provides coverage from Central Valley water meetings, primarily in the San Joaquin Valley. Kern Water Bank March 3, 2020 Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District March 3, 2020 The 2020 Water Association of Kern County Water Summit March 4, 2... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Borrego Valley’s strategy for a negotiated resolution under SGMA

Maven

March 11, 2020

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Presentation at the California Irrigation Institute conference highlights this critically-overdrafted basin's creative approach to meeting the requirements of SGMA The Borrego Valley is a small valley in the n... Read More...

HYDROVISIONS, Spring issue: PFAS, Aquifer recharge in urban environments, Groundwater management in Arizona, and more …

Maven

March 10, 2020

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Hydrovisions is a publication of the California Groundwater Resources Association. In this month's issue: Geochemist on PFAS Using geophysics to advance recharge project identification in an urban environme... Read More...

NEW DATA TOOLS: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools!

Maven

March 3, 2020

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From the State Water Resources Control Board: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools to enhance access to groundwater information. Since 2010, the GAMA Groundwater Information System (GAMA GIS) online interface has integrated and sta... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

Maven

February 20, 2020

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ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights permits Almost five years ago, in the midst of a h... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

Maven

January 23, 2020

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A joint workshop hosted by the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Board provides details on how incoming plans will be evaluated and what State Water Board intervention might look like It has be... Read More...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

Maven

January 9, 2020

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Photo by Jay Huang When most think of the possible impacts of sea level rise, they think of coastal flooding and the growing risks to shore-based infrastructure — but there’s another sea level rise-related threat that is much less talked about. As sea lev... Read More...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Money, Water and Fish: Prospects for Reconciliation

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

Improving adaptive management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

GSA SUMMIT: Reflections on the 2020 GSP process

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on SGMA implementation

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Water resources management in the Pajaro Valley Basin

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Utilizing excess winter stormwater flows for groundwater recharge

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: David Orth gives his observations on how sustainable groundwater management is playing out in the San Joaquin Valley

WATER WRIGHTS: Kern Water Bank, Kaweah Delta, Friant Water Authority, Tulare Irrigation District, and more …

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Borrego Valley’s strategy for a negotiated resolution under SGMA

HYDROVISIONS, Spring issue: PFAS, Aquifer recharge in urban environments, Groundwater management in Arizona, and more …

NEW DATA TOOLS: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools!

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

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