San Joaquin Valley Archives ~ Page 4 of 30 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

June 26, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs...

SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry

SJV Water

Planning and management

June 25, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for...

DWR highlights successful partnership with California’s farming community to protect groundwater supplies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

June 25, 2025

DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline...

USGS: Causes and consequences of flooding in California’s Central Valley

USGS

Planning and management

June 24, 2025

From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict...

NOTICE: Opportunity to comment on the Draft 2025 Amended Kern County Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 24, 2025

Opportunity to Provide Public Comment on the Release of the Draft 2025 Amended Kern County Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans ahead...

WATER WRIGHTS: The Water Blueprint and Trump’s Executive Order 14181

Guest Contributor

Policy and regulation

June 20, 2025

By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s...

USFWS: Seeds of change: A Central Valley collaboration for people and pollinators

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ecosystems

June 19, 2025

By Mara Koenig, US Fish & Wildlife Service In the heart of California’s Central Valley – where fertile soil and...

SJV WATER: Meeting notes: Kern districts approve groundwater plan amendments

SJV Water

Groundwater News

June 19, 2025

By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Meeting agendas: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District: CLICK HERE Arvin-Edison Water Storage District: CLICK HERE’...

SJV WATER: Proposed new groundwater fee structure has Tulare County farmers crying foul

SJV Water

Groundwater News

June 18, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Tulare County farmers are incensed by a proposed new fee structure that they say will...

SJV WATER: Attempt to boot judge off of Kern River case by water agency denied

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 16, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A move to boot Kern County Superior Court Gregory Pulskamp off the long-running Kern River...

EOS: Fallowed fields are fueling California’s dust problem

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

June 13, 2025

New research shows that unplanted agricultural lands are behind most of the state’s anthropogenic dust events. By Andrew Chapman, EOS...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board takes unprecedented action to restore failing Central Valley sewer system

State Water Board

Policy and regulation Water quality

June 12, 2025

State’s first-ever wastewater administrator appointee will oversee East Orosi sewer system From the State Water Board: Exercising new authorities under...