Kaweah Subbasin

March 14, 2025

Water managers in the Tulare Lake, Tule and the Kaweah subbasins are discussing the possibility of creating a regional subsidence...

SJV WATER: Proposed ag water district could aid groundwater-dependent farmers in northern Tulare County

January 17, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposed new agricultural water district could brighten what had been shaping up as a grim...

AG ALERT: Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA

January 15, 2025

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Blake Wilbur, whose family has farmed in Tulare County for four generations, grew up hearing...

AG ALERT: On the Record: Aaron Fukuda talks SGMA in the Kaweah Subbasin

January 15, 2025

By Ag Alert Aaron Fukuda is general manager of the Tulare Irrigation District and interim general manager of the Mid-Kaweah...

SJV WATER: One Tulare County groundwater region setting the standard for protecting residential wells

October 23, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water At least one Tulare County groundwater region is doing things right when it comes to...

SJV WATER: Kaweah’s new groundwater plan may be enough to negate state action, if they can see eye-to-eye on subsidence

July 2, 2024

By Lisa McEwen , SJV Water The state came to Tulare County and gave water managers in the Kaweah subbasin...

NOTICE: SGMA Kaweah Probationary Hearing rescheduled for January 2025; Workshops on draft staff report next week

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 20, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Please be advised that the State Water Resources Control Board has changed the...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board to hold probationary hearing for critically overdrafted Kaweah subbasin

State Water Board

May 6, 2024

State protection of groundwater proceeds with third subbasin hearing To ensure the long-term viability of groundwater supplies in portions of...

TULARE MEETING NOTES: Greater Kaweah groundwater agency still working on water accounting

December 13, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Meeting: Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency Date: Dec. 11, 2023 Agenda: CLICK HERE Board packet:...

SJV WATER: Kaweah groundwater planning still at a “stand off” even with state take-over looming

Groundwater News Planning and management

November 8, 2023

by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water San Joaquin Valley groundwater managers have had six years to come up with plans to...

SJV WATER: Farmers fighting farmers over pumping allocations as Kaweah subbasin prepares for state scrutiny

October 6, 2023

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater relations in the Kaweah subbasin in Tulare County have gone from bad to worse....

AG ALERT: Hearings pending on aquifer plans for six subbasins

June 28, 2023

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...

SJV WATER: State rejects six San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans, which could bring enforcement action

March 3, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Six San Joaquin Valley groundwater agencies learned Thursday they could be subject to state enforcement...

AG ALERT: Farmers race to sink water into ground after storms