COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Joaquin Valley residents, growers vying for water in fourth year of drought Courthouse News Service AgricultureGroundwater News November 19, 2022Residents and growers in the driest land in California’s Central Valley are struggling to decide who gets priority water first....
AG ALERT: Efforts to protect groundwater are tested by drought Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News November 9, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Balancing the state’s groundwater supplies for a sustainable future may not be easy due to...
USBR: Fortifying B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir against the power of an earthquake Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations November 8, 2022Earthquakes are a fact of life in California, and at the B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir work is...
STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 6, 2022At the September 20 meeting of the State Water Board, Central Valley Regional Board staff provided the State Water Board...
THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases an “Incomplete” Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessment to Madera GSAs, Initiating 180-day Timeline to Correct Deficiencies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News September 22, 2022From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a determination on groundwater sustainability...
DWR NEWS: Going with the Flow: How Aquifer Recharge Reduces Flood Risk Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News August 3, 2022By DWR News On a small scale, aquifers — subsurface natural basins — have benefitted from man-made recharge for decades....
SJV WATER: Utility stops flows to closed hatchery but keeps some North Fork Kern water for itself SJV Water Policy and regulation July 29, 2022By Lois Henry, SJV Water Southern California Edison has stopped taking water out of the North Fork of the Kern...
SJV WATER: South valley groundwater managers to use $10 million to protect community water and look for ways to retire up to 100,000 acres of farmland SJV Water Groundwater News July 25, 2022By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
SJV WATER: Vulnerable domestic wells will be focus of $10 million farmland retirement grant in Madera County SJV Water Groundwater News July 14, 2022By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
USFWS: Tag and follow: Tracking sturgeon in the San Joaquin River US Fish and Wildlife Service Delta science July 8, 2022Written by Brandon Honig When Austin Demarest and his team started looking for white sturgeon to tag in the San...
SJV WATER: Will $10 million “make a dent” in Tulare County groundwater use? SJV Water Groundwater News July 7, 2022By Lois Henry, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
CAL MATTERS: State imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area Cal Matters Water rights and water law June 8, 2022As drought intensifies, the order affects many cities and growers from Fresno to the Oregon border, including 212 public water...
THIS JUST IN … Curtailments expanded through out the Delta watershed State Water Board Policy and regulation June 7, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: This email contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...
AG ALERT: Water shortage limits more cotton acres as price surges Ag Alert Agriculture May 18, 2022By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Considering the red-hot price of cotton these days, California farmers say they would love to...
URBAN WATER INSTITUTE: SGMA implementation in the San Joaquin Valley: Farmers’ perspective Maven AgricultureBest of the NotebookNotebook News and Features May 12, 2022The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, was passed in 2014 during a period of critically dry years; the legislation...
