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...
SJV WATER: Kern water banking project gets another $22 million in Proposition 1 funding SJV Water Groundwater News October 8, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The only San Joaquin Valley water storage project to qualify for Proposition 1 funding recently...
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: ‘Brutal’ groundwater plan may be only path forward for Tulare County growers SJV Water Groundwater News September 25, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in southeastern Tulare County left hanging after their old groundwater agency disintegrated have new...
SJV WATER: Kings County groundwater legal battle gets appellate court hearing date SJV Water Groundwater News September 25, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Arguments over a preliminary injunction that has held off state groundwater sanctions in Kings County...
STATE WATER BOARD: Kern County Subbasin avoids probation under SGMA and returns to DWR oversight State Water Board Groundwater News September 19, 2025Board finds that subbasin’s latest plans are on track to meet sustainability goals once final deficiencies are addressed Press release...
SJV WATER: Kern subbasin gets off enforcement track with latest groundwater plan redo SJV Water Groundwater News September 18, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water It took half a dozen attempts but Kern water managers finally came up with a...
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,...
SJV WATER: State pinning hopes for Kern River rainbow’s survival on hatchery, despite its checkered history SJV Water Fish and wildlife September 4, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state is poised to spend a little more than $7 million to get the...
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...
AG ALERT: Water quality panel focuses on agricultural nitrogen use Ag Alert Water quality August 27, 2025By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California water officials consider changes to the state’s regulatory framework for nitrogen applications and...
SJV WATER: Kern River trial moved to 2027 as participants await state Supreme Court ruling SJV Water Water rights and water law August 14, 2025A trial over flows in the Kern River, originally set for December 8 this year, was kicked 15 months into...
SJV WATER: Kern agency doesn’t shut door on water sale as possible solution for homeowners 200 miles away SJV Water Planning and management August 13, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Residents of the Diablo Grande housing development in the foothills west of Modesto hope a...
COMMENTARY: San Joaquin Valley Farmers Left High and Dry Water Blueprint for the SJ Valley Policy and regulation August 11, 2025From the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley Following multiple wet years in California, you’d think the state’s most...
SJV WATER: Decades of planning to bolster Kern River rainbow numbers results in little action SJV Water Fish and wildlife August 4, 2025By Lois Henry, SJV Water Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory...
