SGMA Implementation Archives ~ Page 10 of 11 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

November 20, 2019

The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...

GROUNDWATER TWO-FOR: The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 6, 2019

David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

August 14, 2019

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 19, 2019

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is California’s first statewide law that explicitly reflects the fact that...

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

May 22, 2019

Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension?

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

May 15, 2019

Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

May 8, 2019

Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water project operations

January 30, 2019

In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate:...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION … Draft Basin Boundary Modifications Released

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

November 29, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources: “The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released Draft Basin Boundary Modifications. The...

SURVEY: SGMA and water quality issues

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 19, 2018

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is seeking input via a survey on water quality as it relates to the...

DWR SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT UPDATES for July 27

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 28, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Basin Boundary Modifications Submission Period Extended to September The Department...

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PGM: Basin Boundary Modifications submission period, public comment period on basin prioritization extended

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 21, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Basin Boundary Modifications Submission Period Extended The Department of Water...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: The Consequences of Sustainable Groundwater Management

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 20, 2018

In 2014 California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which mandates that areas that depend upon groundwater achieve sustainability...

CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Utilization of Water Transfers to Recharge Groundwater Basins

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

March 14, 2018

Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM News for February 14: Grants for GSPs and projects, New GSP notification system; more …

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

February 15, 2018

From DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: DWR Announces $85.8 Million in Grants for Groundwater Sustainability Projects and Plans On February...