SJV WATER: Will the giant Westlands Water District “spill” water this year for lack of demand? SJV Water Groundwater News June 28, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Westlands Water District, the biggest agricultural water district in the state, could lose 200,000 acre...
SJV WATER: Kern River flows to drop again after noise detected in Isabella Dam outlet tunnel SJV Water Water project operations June 27, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Outflows from Lake Isabella into the Kern River will be cut to zero starting at...
SJV WATER: Chowchilla groundwater plan resubmitted, state releases probationary hearing schedule SJV Water Groundwater News June 27, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The first of six inadequate San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans has been revised. Water managers...
STATE WATER BOARD lays out proposed timeline for state intervention in six groundwater basins with inadequate plans Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 27, 2023In March 2023, six basins were deemed by the Department of Water Resources to have inadequate groundwater sustainability plans, prompting...
SJV WATER: A new study helps scientists understand how the Sierra Nevada snowpack affects fluctuations in ground levels on the San Joaquin Valley floor SJV Water Groundwater News June 21, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Scientists have figured out how to more accurately understand ground fluctuations in the San Joaquin...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board announces tentative schedule for probationary hearings for 6 critically overdrafted groundwater basins State Water Board Groundwater News June 21, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: Moving to address the potential for severe impacts to water users and infrastructure...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Implementing groundwater recharge in the Central Valley Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 15, 2023The recent succession of atmospheric rivers has spurred support for groundwater recharge, creating a wave of momentum for moving recharge...
SJV WATER: Flooding in Firebaugh has come in a slow, relentless creep as high San Joaquin River flows seep through levees into basements, ruin crops and leave land too sodden to farm SJV Water Current Conditions June 9, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The surging San Joaquin River is proving to be another tough water management problem. The...
SJV WATER: Kern River flows ramping down thanks to cool weather but will remain strong through the fall SJV Water Water project operations June 9, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Cooler weather has slowed the anticipated snowmelt above Lake Isabella enough that outflows from the...
SJV WATER: San Joaquin Valley groundwater will need more than one epic water year to rebound in the long term SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water With all the flooding, runoff and more snowmelt still to come, everyone’s wondering: How’s the...
SJV WATER: Domestic wells still going dry in San Joaquin Valley towns as historically low groundwater levels are slow to rebound SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Water rights key to San Joaquin Valley aquifer recharge Robin Meadows Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law June 8, 2023Written by Robin Meadows It sounds like such a simple fix for California’s groundwater woes. In phenomenally wet years like...
STATE WATER BOARD: Over 1 million acre-feet of water authorized for groundwater recharge since December State Water Board Groundwater News June 7, 2023Nine out of 10 permits issued for projects in Central Valley From the State Water Resources Control Board: Seizing the...
STANFORD NEWS: How Sierra Nevada snowpack confounds Central Valley groundwater readings Stanford University Groundwater News June 5, 2023By Adam Hadhazy Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains can cause parts of the Central...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Race to move water underground on as California’s Central Valley overflows Courthouse News Service Groundwater News May 26, 2023One of California’s most susceptible regions to disastrous flooding faces dangerous conditions as the historic new snowpack melts. But there...
