SJV WATER: Meeting notes: The cost of wells and hot button bills discussed SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 28, 2025By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Meetings & agenda packets: Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, May 14: CLICK HERE Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...
SJV WATER: Appellate court readies for next step on injunction that paused state groundwater sanctions in Kings County SJV Water Groundwater News May 22, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water All of the legal motions that can be filed, have been filed in the state’s...
SJV WATER: Hanford-area groundwater agency enacts well registration and reporting policies SJV Water Groundwater News May 15, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Kings County growers in and around the Hanford area will be required to register their...
SJV WATER: Porterville water district launches its own groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News May 15, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Porterville Irrigation District board of directors voted unanimously to launch a second version of...
SJV WATER: Reduction in state funding for dry well programs creating angst among groundwater agencies SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A reduction in state funding for a Visalia-based nonprofit is creating a lot of angst...
SJV WATER: Judge orders groundwater agency to speed up records release in lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News May 14, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A Tulare County judge agreed that a local groundwater agency was dragging its feet producing...
UC MERCED: Dust is a danger to Central Valley health and will likely get worse, researchers find UC Merced Groundwater News May 13, 2025By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced People don’t think about dust much until it’s time to clean the house, but a...
DWR NEWS: Study finds that subsidence, groundwater over-pumping could limit future water State Water Project deliveries if no action is taken Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News May 7, 2025By DWR News: A recently released technical report concludes that the sinking of land in the Central Valley due to...
SJV WATER: Finding new uses for farmland in the heart of ag country a daunting task SJV Water Groundwater News May 7, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Pressure is mounting to find new uses for an estimated 70,000 acres – or 20%...
SJV WATER: Kings County farmers upbeat about lawsuit against state SJV Water Groundwater News May 7, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water More than 30 people gathered recently in Hanford to hear about the progress of the...
SJV WATER: Chowchilla may be first San Joaquin Valley subbasin to get do-over on inadequate groundwater plan SJV Water Groundwater News April 26, 2025By SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board will consider sending the Chowchilla subbasin back to another state agency...
SJV WATER: Facing possible state action over groundwater, farmers in small west Fresno district vent frustrations, accusations SJV Water Groundwater News April 26, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The grim reality for agriculture under the state’s new groundwater law has pitted farmer against...
SJV WATER: Work on East Orosi’s decrepit sewer system can’t start soon enough, according to residents fed up with waiting SJV Water Policy and regulationWater quality April 22, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water East Orosi residents were told that work on their failing sewer system could begin as...
STANFORD NEWS: Scientists map fastest pathways for replenishing Central Valley groundwater Stanford University Groundwater News April 17, 2025Researchers found that up to 13 million acres of California’s Central Valley may be suitable for recharging groundwater. The largest...
PRESS RELEASE: Court sides with James Irrigation District in groundwater rights case, rejecting McMullin Area GSA’s attempt to cut off access to James ID’s wellfields Press Release/Notice Groundwater News April 15, 2025Ruling affirms James ID’s historic groundwater rights and denies MAGSA’s request for an emergency injunction to stop pumping from James...
