SGMA Implementation Archives ~ Page 19 of 28 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

REPORTS: Concurrent governance processes of SGMA; Comparing complexity in watershed governance; Challenges of using and interpreting GPCD

March 11, 2020

Concurrent Governance Processes of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act By Anita Milman and Michael Kiparsky California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)...

NEW DATA TOOLS: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools!

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

March 3, 2020

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools to enhance...

SJV WATER: State refuses to accept groundwater plans for the Madera subbasin

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 26, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In the first indication of how strict state officials will be with new groundwater sustainability...

CA IRRIGATION INSTITUTE: Implementation strategies for SGMA

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

February 26, 2020

Hydrologist Derik Williams discusses the different paths GSAs are taking to get to sustainability, plus the three things every GSP...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

February 20, 2020

ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights...

SJV WATER: Irrigation water prices under SGMA causing sticker shock

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 6, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Reaction was hushed when Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District General Manager Eric Averett asked the...

SJV WATER: Kern’s final groundwater plan approved

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 6, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water After months of fireworks over low-ball pumping numbers and concerns that some groundwater agencies wouldn’t...

THIS JUST IN … California Marks Key Step Toward Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 31, 2020

Critically overdrafted groundwater basins are required to submit groundwater sustainability plans to the state by January 31, 2020 that outline...

THIS JUST IN … Public Comment Opens for Groundwater Sustainability Plans

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 31, 2020

DWR releases list of GSPs available for public comment on the SGMA portal Groundwater sustainability plans received earlier this month...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

January 23, 2020

A joint workshop hosted by the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Board provides details on how incoming...

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

January 8, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...

THIS JUST IN … DWR Completes Prioritization of Groundwater Basins Under SGMA

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

December 18, 2019

From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced completion of a multi-year process...

DR. MICHAEL KIPARSKY: Can Recharge Net Metering contribute to sustainable groundwater management?

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

December 11, 2019

Dr. Michael Kiparsky is the founding director of the Wheeler Water Institute within the Center for Law, Energy, and Environment...

CA WATER COMMISSION: An update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA)

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 26, 2019

DWR’s Taryn Ravazzini updates the Commission on the Department’s activities, including major milestones, 2019 activities, and the Department’s technical and...

GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 20, 2019

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