REPORT: New DWR conveyance study finds groundwater stabilization key to protecting San Joaquin Valley water supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) ReportsWater project operations November 25, 2025Sinking Ground Puts San Joaquin Valley Water Systems at Risk By the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water...
SJV WATER: Kaweah growers likely to avoid state intervention but still face “mountain of work” SJV Water Groundwater News October 28, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Even with the threat of state intervention all but in the rearview mirror, Kaweah water...
SJV WATER: Grappling with subsidence using data, farmer-to-farmer talks and “fluffy PR” SJV Water Groundwater News October 23, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water managers in southern Tulare County recently agreed to pay $50,000 for a three-month public...
SJV WATER: Eric R. Quinley: The most hated man in the Tule subbasin? SJV Water Groundwater News October 15, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water He’s either simply telling it like it is, or, he’s a sanctimonious know-it-all stirring the...
SJV WATER: Subsidence photo op stirs bad feelings in already bitter groundwater clash SJV Water Groundwater News October 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Already heated tensions flared Friday when a southern Tulare County dairy farmer noticed what appeared...
DWR: California’s groundwater data collection and understanding of subsidence expands with launch of NASA-ISRO satellite Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News October 9, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Monitoring the sinking of land surface in California, called subsidence, requires immense amounts of...
DWR releases new fact sheet on the impacts of land subsidence Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News October 6, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (The Department, DWR) has released a factsheet on the...
SJV WATER: Friant lawsuit against groundwater agency over sinking canal will go on but it may be individual farmers who ultimately pay SJV Water Groundwater News October 4, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The ongoing case against a Tulare County groundwater agency for allegedly not paying its fair...
SJV WATER: Showdown: State says it’s time for water interests to show their cards on subsidence SJV Water Groundwater News September 17, 2025By Lisa McEwen & Monserrat Solis Ferocious overpumping that has caused huge swaths of the San Joaquin Valley to sink,...
CA WATER COMMISSION: California’s land subsidence challenge: A look at DWR’s draft BMP Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 8, 2025Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its...
SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News September 3, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...
UC RIVERSIDE: Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California’s Central Valley UC Riverside Groundwater News August 1, 2025Over pumping wells causes subsidence that devalues houses, UCR study finds By Dan Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside study...
DWR: New key concept presentation video on subsidence released Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News August 1, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: DWR has released an approximately 30-minute lecture-style presentation video about a key concept presented...
SJV WATER: State zeroes in on the sinking San Joaquin Valley SJV Water Groundwater News July 26, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking,...
SGMA NEWS: DWR releases draft best management practices on managing land subsidence in California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation July 24, 2025“Best management practices” will help local water managers combat sinking lands & protect critical water infrastructure From the Department of...
