Percolating groundwater Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

REPORT SUMMARY: Cover Crops in the SGMA Era Report and a New Cover Crop Guidance Document for Growers

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Agriculture Groundwater News Reports

May 22, 2025

Cover crops can play a vital role in protecting and enhancing soil during the off-season or between rows of trees...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Water right enforcement in California

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

May 16, 2024

In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...

CAL MATTERS: After the deluge: Floods may taint more drinking water in California

Cal Matters

Water quality

April 19, 2023

by Alistair Bland, CalMatters Network Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Arsenic Contaminates Private Drinking Water Wells Across the Western Great Basin

Desert Research Institute

Groundwater News

February 21, 2023

A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah...

NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

January 23, 2023

This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain....

DWR NEWS: Going with the Flow: How Aquifer Recharge Reduces Flood Risk

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

August 3, 2022

By DWR News On a small scale, aquifers — subsurface natural basins — have benefitted from man-made recharge for decades....

AG ALERT: Judge halts curtailment for Siskiyou County irrigators

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

April 6, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Irrigators in Siskiyou County have won a court ruling to temporarily block a state water...

SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION: Protecting Water Quality While Recharging Aquifers

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Water quality

February 10, 2022

Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater...

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook 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...

EXPLAINER: Water rights 101

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

June 3, 2020

California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

January 8, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...