THE WATER DESK: When the West’s rivers surge each spring, older groundwater dominates the runoff The Water Desk Hydrology September 3, 2025A better understanding of groundwater in the headwaters could improve streamflow predictions. By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk Every spring,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit revives Arizona wells caught in tribal water quarrel Courthouse News Service Colorado River July 25, 2025The Gila River Indian Community failed to show evidence that four upstream wells “significantly diminish” the flow of federally reserved...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge tosses Napa winemaker’s fight over water wells Courthouse News Service Groundwater News September 12, 2024The judge found winemaker Jayson Woodbridge can’t show an injury since he hasn’t even applied for a well permit yet....
GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it? Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features July 22, 2020[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The details of how a groundwater sustainability plan will be implemented are defined by the setting of sustainable management...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 19, 2019The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is California’s first statewide law that explicitly reflects the fact that...
Groundwater problems and prospects, part 7: Groundwater-dependent ecosystems and the groundwater-surface water connection Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 11, 2015Maurice Hall, Thomas Harter, and Professor Richard Frank discuss the connection between groundwater and surface water using examples from the...
Groundwater and surface water interactions under water shortage Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 17, 2014The exceptionally dry conditions along with the recent passage of groundwater legislation has focused the state’s attention on its groundwater...
