ACWA: The challenges of implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ten years in Maven Meetings and Events July 10, 2024 669A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s...
SGMA: DWR releases its periodic reviews of nine alternative GSPs Maven Agency News June 28, 2024 149From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR, the Department) today released nine periodic reviews...
SJV WATER: Madera Judge asks for more information in lawsuit over fees for groundwater projects SJV Water News June 22, 2024 179By Hannah Frances Johansson, Freelance for SJV Water Round one of a lawsuit brought by a group of farmers against...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water experts encourage partnerships to address climate change Courthouse News Service News June 19, 2024 224The Golden State’s leaders have ambitious strategies in mind to manage precious groundwater. But scientists and landowners say that partnerships...
SJV WATER: Madera farmers and groundwater agency in limbo waiting for court decision on fees SJV Water News June 11, 2024 221Hannah Frances Johansson, SJV Water The end of a two-year legal fight over who should pay, and how much, to...
SGMA UPDATE: Groundwater trading, SGMA implementation, and the 2023 groundwater conditions report Maven Meetings and Events June 5, 2024 638At the May meeting of the California Water Commission, the Commission was updated on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater...
SJV WATER: Cover crops could enhance groundwater recharge – a lot – but agencies aren’t embracing the concept SJV Water News May 24, 2024 223By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Cover crops could be an important tool in groundwater management but are being unintentionally disincentivized...
NEW RESOURCE: DWR Releases a Resource Guide for Funding SGMA Implementation Maven Reports March 22, 2024 148From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its Resource Guide for Funding Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Implementation. ...
AG ALERT: 2024 marks a decade of SGMA regulations Ag Alert News March 20, 2024 166By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires local agencies in affected basins to...
SJV WATER: “We’re finished”: Some small Kings County farmers fear state’s groundwater law being used against them SJV Water News March 14, 2024 582By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Last-ditch revisions being considered for the groundwater plan covering Kings County are not only “too...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority (FWA) seeks more money from local groundwater pumping, while demanding that land subsidence cease Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 22, 2024 161Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...
SJV WATER: Newly rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal still sinking from overpumping, Tulare farmers not paying their share for the fix, lawsuit alleges SJV Water News February 17, 2024 1095By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District file lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for breach of settlement agreement and interference with contract for water deliveries Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 16, 2024 475Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...
SJV WATER: World Ag Expo: Water seminar lands with a thud as speaker details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production SJV Water News February 14, 2024 3205By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The sun was shining and blue skies reigned over the 57th World Ag Expo in...
SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path SJV Water News February 14, 2024 223By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...