CAL MATTERS: ‘Unlawful regulation’: State suffers big setback in water lawsuit filed by growers Cal Matters Groundwater News September 17, 2024A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying the water board overstepped its authority in Kings County: “There has...
CAL MATTERS: ‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality September 10, 2024Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for...
CV-SALTS UPDATE: Priority 2 Basins and P&O Study Move Forward CV Salinity Coalition Policy and regulation September 6, 2024CV-SALTS 3rd quarter update The Salt and Nitrate Control Programs continue to progress as they work to improve water quality...
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM to release pulse flow for salmon spawning San Joaquin River Restoration Program Ecosystems September 4, 2024From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Starting early morning, Tuesday, September 10, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (Program)...
SJV WATER: Kern disputes state’s take on its groundwater plan at first of two workshops SJV Water Groundwater News August 27, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water Calling the state’s review of the Kern subbasin’s newest groundwater plan “cursory,” a representative of...
CV-SALTS UPDATE: Environmental justice advocates frustrated by slow pace of the program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation August 26, 2024In parts of the Central Valley, nitrate levels in groundwater have risen so high that the drinking water in rural...
SJV WATER: Kings County judge extends restraining order giving growers more time as they fight state pumping restrictions SJV Water Groundwater News August 22, 2024By Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow, SJV Water Kings County farmers will have more time to fight requirements from...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Trying yet again for fish friendlier exports from the Delta Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater project operations August 12, 2024A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area,...
SJV WATER: Extreme, prolonged heat is straining drinking water wells throughout the San Joaquin Valley SJV Water Water quality August 7, 2024By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Despite back-to-back good water years, domestic wells are still drying up all across the valley...
SJV WATER: Rising from the ashes: Groundwater agency blamed for Kings County probationary woes relaunches SJV Water Groundwater News July 31, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water After several rounds of musical chairs in front of a standing-room only audience, a groundwater...
SJV WATER: “Groundhog day meets purgatory.” The tale of the sinking Tule subbasin SJV Water Groundwater News July 26, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water When you’re done, you’re done. And the Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) is...
SJV WATER: Kern subbasin’s third try at groundwater plan fails to avert state enforcement action SJV Water Groundwater News July 26, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water Noting that Kern County residents could suffer “urgent impacts” to their drinking water from continued...
STATE WATER BOARD: Water Board to hold probationary hearing for Kern County Subbasin under Sustainable Groundwater Management Act State Water Board Groundwater News July 26, 2024Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Moving to protect the long-term viability of groundwater supplies for the...
AG ALERT: Ruling puts state’s groundwater crackdown on hold Ag Alert Groundwater News July 24, 2024By the California Farm Bureau Federation A Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked state enforcement actions affecting Kings County growers...
THIS JUST IN … Judge issues Temporary Restraining Order against State Water Resources Control Board Press Release/Notice Groundwater News July 16, 2024From the Kings County Farm Bureau: On Monday, July 15, 2024, Kings County Superior Court Superior Judge Ciuffini issued a...
