San Joaquin Valley

PRESS RELEASE: Groups and Tribe Urge Regulators to Control Toxic Pollution from Selenium

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulationWater quality

April 3, 2024

From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In an April 1, 2024 letter to three water boards, fishing and conservation groups...

USGS: Assessing spatial variability of nutrients, phytoplankton, and related water-quality constituents in the Delta at landscape scale

USGS

Delta scienceWater quality

April 1, 2024

From the USGS: This report summarizes results from boat-based, high-resolution water-quality mapping surveys completed before, during, and after upgrades to...

SJV WATER: Kings County farmers suffer sticker shock over proposed fees even as state takeover looms

SJV Water

Groundwater News

March 28, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Kings County growers are organizing to stop a set of groundwater and land fees they...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final Water Board Staff Report for the Consideration of a Probationary Designation for the Tulare Lake Subbasin

State Water Board

Groundwater News

March 27, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 16, 2024, the State Water Board will hold a public hearing...

SJV WATER: Dead fish piling up in pockets along the western reach of the Kern River concern Bakersfield residents; may prompt return to court

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

March 23, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water After taking a bike ride along the Kern River recently, Bakersfield resident Jonathan Vegas was...

SJV WATER: “We’re finished”: Some small Kings County farmers fear state’s groundwater law being used against them

SJV Water

Groundwater News

March 14, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Last-ditch revisions being considered for the groundwater plan covering Kings County are not only “too...

PRESS RELEASE: Board sets probationary hearing for critically overdrafted Tule groundwater subbasin

State Water Board

Groundwater News

March 8, 2024

Groundwater depletion causing dry well impacts and subsidence that threatens critical infrastructure, including the Friant-Kern Canal From the State Water...

SJV WATER: Sinking canal has “everyone’s attention” and could put entire Tule subbasin under state control

SJV Water

Groundwater News

March 5, 2024

By Lois Henry and Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout over the ever sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the...

CV-SALTS: Notices to comply for nitrate control program sent to Priority 2 areas; Interactive map and dashboard now available management zone information

CV Salinity Coalition

Policy and regulation

March 2, 2024

Quarterly update from the CV-SALTS program The CV-SALTS program has achieved many key milestones heading into 2024. The biggest news...

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PGM: 2024 Restoration Flows

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

February 23, 2024

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: On January 19, the Bureau of Reclamation issued the initial allocation for the...

PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority (FWA) seeks more money from local groundwater pumping, while demanding that land subsidence cease

Friant Water Authority

Groundwater News

February 22, 2024

Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...

SJV WATER: Dead end river: Fish carcasses starting to pile up in stagnant pools at the Kern River’s western end

SJV Water

Fish and wildlife

February 17, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Avid cyclist and angler Jonathan Vegas was thrilled last fall when he read that a...

SJV WATER: Newly rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal still sinking from overpumping, Tulare farmers not paying their share for the fix, lawsuit alleges

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 17, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it...

SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 14, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Managing a Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Bloom “hotspot” in the Upper San Francisco Estuary

Maven

Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality

February 13, 2024

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, interim Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers highlighted recent research on...