AG ALERT: Annual Farm Bureau meeting workshop takes on navigating SGMA Ag Alert Groundwater News December 18, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Ten years into the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, local agencies are implementing...
SJV WATER: Punjabi farmers gain few answers at workshop to address confusion over groundwater regulations SJV Water Groundwater News December 18, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water After a four-hour workshop with state officials in Visalia, Punjabi American farmers were left frustrated...
PRESS RELEASE: Kern Subbasin approves final Groundwater Sustainability Plan SJV water agencies Groundwater News December 18, 2024Press release from Kern County Water Agency: The Kern County Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) have finalized and approved a...
SJV WATER: High desert groundwater basin in Kern to get $50 million in federal funding; announces settlement with pistachio grower SJV Water Groundwater News December 13, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority meeting Wednesday kicked off with two major pieces of...
SJV WATER: Kern County desert groundwater battle may head to state Supreme Court SJV Water Groundwater News December 5, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water A group of water users in Kern County’s Indian Wells Valley who disagree with how...
AG ALERT: Groups work to widen SGMA engagement Ag Alert Groundwater News December 4, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Makhan Singh had farmed in California for more than two decades when, in 2017, he...
SJV WATER: Punjabi growers seek dialogue, answers from state water regulators SJV Water Groundwater News December 4, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Central Valley growers fed up with reduced water allocations and pumping penalties are seeking answers...
AG ALERT: California reflects on SGMA 10 years later Ag Alert Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation November 27, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials, local water agencies and farmers have spent the past decade preparing for...
PRESS RELEASE: Safe Yield Trial is a Go: Appellate Court declines to hear IWVGA’s challenge to trial court’s decision to hold safe yield trial Indian Wells Valley Groundwater News November 15, 2024Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Water District and Searles Valley Minerals The Indian Wells Valley Water District and...
SJV WATER: Madera County project aims to curb groundwater pull by paying farmers to find new uses for land SJV Water Groundwater News November 9, 2024By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to...
SJV WATER: Lawsuit accuses Friant Water Authority of holding secret meetings that resulted in massive fees pinned on a handful of Tulare County irrigation districts SJV Water Groundwater News November 6, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
AG ALERT: Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll Ag Alert Groundwater News October 23, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Last month, on the final day of his almond harvest, Amrik Singh Basra sat outside...
NOW AVAILABLE: DWR Releases Webinar on Depletion of Interconnected Surface Water and Extends Paper Comment Period Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News October 18, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: To help Groundwater Sustainability Agencies address the depletion of interconnected surface water (ISW) in...
SJV WATER: Cataloging San Joaquin Valley water projects is a huge and ever-changing task SJV Water Groundwater News October 17, 2024by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow, SJV Water It seems like an impossible task, cataloging all – or at...
AG ALERT: Land values plunge as groundwater law dims farm prospects Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News October 16, 2024By Caleb Hampton The value of farmland in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, California’s agricultural heartland, has fallen rapidly...
