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 Maven 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...
SJV WATER: Boswell silent and “blank” as the farming behemoth continues with plans to sink the Tulare Lake bed another 10 feet SJV Water Groundwater News July 22, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water While some groundwater managers in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin look for ways to come...
METROPOLITAN IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: California Aqueduct repairs: Billions needed to fix subsidence Maven Water project operations July 2, 2025Land subsidence along the California Aqueduct is threatening the ability of the State Water Project to deliver water, an important...
SJV WATER: Pending state subsidence guidelines give valley water managers sinking feeling SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation June 11, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water New subsidence guidelines from the Department of Water Resources are expected to drop on San...
EOS: Rising concerns of climate extremes and land subsidence impacts American Geophysical Union Climate changeGroundwater NewsScience June 10, 2025Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications...
GRIST: Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking? Grist Groundwater News May 8, 2025A new study finds that the country’s 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle....
DWR NEWS: Study finds that subsidence, groundwater over-pumping could limit future water State Water Project deliveries if no action is taken Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News May 7, 2025By DWR News: A recently released technical report concludes that the sinking of land in the Central Valley due to...
AG ALERT: State water official says more work needed as SGMA evolves Ag Alert Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation April 23, 2025By Christine Souza The California State Water Resources Control Board heard an update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management...
SGMA: Update on basins subject to State Board intervention, plus new BMP and land subsidence regulation in the works Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 17, 2025Groundwater plays a vital role in California’s water supply, accounting for a significant portion of the Central Valley’s annual water...
