New public source code access will improve collaboration on groundwater management From the Environmental Defense Fund: The Groundwater Accounting Platform...
Guest commentary by Trudy Wischemann Last Tuesday I felt called to make another trip to Cuyama, solo this time. They...
By Lois Henry; Freelance writer Hannah Johansson contributed to this article A lawsuit over whether the Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) improperly conducted an election to assess fees on more than 900 parcels of land to pay for groundwater...
DWR approves 15 groundwater sustainability plans in latest round of determinations From the Department of Water Resources: Marking a major...
The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) held a public hearing to consider a probationary designation for the Kern County Subbasin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). At...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more...
Local agencies have until June to address final deficiencies in plans Citing significant progress in the plans of groundwater sustainability...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville Irrigation District, which voted to formally break ties with the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency. Though the move was...
Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic...
By the State Water Resources Control Board Water Code section 1242.1 allows parties to divert for groundwater recharge without a water...
Historic rains filled Greater Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers nearly to capacity in 2023. But drought conditions persisted in deeper aquifers, according to a new analysis of seismic data from California’s earthquake monitoring network. By Andrew Myers, Stanford University,...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposal to change the guidelines for California’s $90-million farmland retirement program has literally stopped...
Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California...
From the Department of Water Resources: Periodic Evaluations of groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) implementation that have recently been submitted to the Department of Water Resources, some of which include amended or revised GSPs, are now posted on the SGMA Portal. ...