This just in … Water curtailment update: Extended curtailments for Merced River, Upper San Joaquin; also City of San Francisco State Water Board Agency News June 26, 2015 540From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control...
Senior Water Rights Curtailed in Delta, San Joaquin & Sacramento Watersheds State Water Board Agency News June 12, 2015 1017From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control...
Groundwater pumping and subsidence in the Central Valley Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features September 24, 2014 12250It’s been called the largest alteration of the earth’s surface. In the San Joaquin Valley, since the 1920s, farmers have...
An update from the State Water Board on curtailment notice statuses for the Scott River, Russian River, Delta, and Tulare Lake Basin, plus an update from the Delta Watermaster Maven Notebook News and Features May 20, 2014 566At today’s meeting at the State Water Resources Control Board, John O’Hagan updated the board on the curtailment notices and...
Executive Director of the State Water Board approves modifications to Reclamation’s D-1641 San Joaquin River flow requirements now through June State Water Board Agency News April 11, 2014 260The Executive Director of the State Water Board has issued an order approving modifications to the Bureau of Reclamation’s D-1641...
Groundwater at the Delta Stewardship Council, part 2: The State Water Board’s groundwater work plan, Stanislaus County regional efforts, and the California Water Foundation’s role Maven Notebook News and Features March 18, 2014 588There are a number of efforts underway at the state level to improve management of the state’s groundwater resources: the...
Groundwater at the Delta Stewardship Council, part 1: Subsidence in the Central Valley and an update on CASGEM Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features March 17, 2014 1035Groundwater is taking a much-needed leading role in water policy these days, with the drought and several state-led efforts, such...
Press release: New USGS study: Renewed land subsidence poses risk to water infrastructure in California’s San Joaquin Valley Maven Press Release/Other November 21, 2013 239From USGS: “Extensive groundwater pumping from San Joaquin Valley aquifers is increasing the rate of land subsidence, or sinking. This...