By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Kings County growers in and around the Hanford area will be required to register their wells, report how much they pump and register private recharge areas under three new policies enacted by the Mid-Kings River...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A Tulare County judge agreed that a local groundwater agency was dragging its feet producing documents in a lawsuit filed by Friant Water Authority but also chastised the authority for being “passive” about what it...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Pressure is mounting to find new uses for an estimated 70,000 acres – or 20% – of farmland in southern Tulare County that will likely be taken out of production to reduce groundwater use by...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The grim reality for agriculture under the state’s new groundwater law has pitted farmer against farmer in several regions, including the Pleasant Valley subbasin. An April 22 meeting of the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency...
Ruling affirms James ID’s historic groundwater rights and denies MAGSA’s request for an emergency injunction to stop pumping from James ID’s wellfields Press release from the James Irrigation District: A California Superior Court has ruled in favor of James Irrigation...
