Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

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

January 23, 2020

A joint workshop hosted by the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Board provides details on how incoming plans will be evaluated and what State Water Board intervention might look like It has be... Read More...

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

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January 8, 2020

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As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will likely utilize a variety of tools to achieve sustainability. F... Read More...

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

Maven

November 26, 2019

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DWR's Taryn Ravazzini updates the Commission on the Department's activities, including major milestones, 2019 activities, and the Department's technical and financial assistance In September of 2014, Governor ... Read More...

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

Maven

November 20, 2019

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The Nature Conservancy's Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage of SGMA A water market is much like a stock market for water, but instead of trading st... Read More...

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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November 6, 2019

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David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created the David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecture Series to honor Dr.... Read More...

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs

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October 10, 2019

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Kern Water Bank (Photo by DWR) Groundwater managers across the state are looking to groundwater recharge as a potential solution to their community's water challenges. However, there are concerns about how ... Read More...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

Maven

August 28, 2019

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California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding to this complexity is the existence of a large number of federal, state and loca... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Developing Sustainable Management Criteria

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July 31, 2019

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Minimum thresholds, measurable objectives, undesirable results: A panel of consultants discuss the specifics of how their GSAs determined sustainable management criteria The passage of the Sustainable Groundwa... Read More...

THIS JUST IN … DWR Approves Nine Alternatives to Groundwater Sustainability Plans

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July 17, 2019

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From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced approval of nine alternatives to groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) submitted by water agencies t... Read More...

GSA SUMMIT: SGMA and Land Use Issues

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July 10, 2019

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A lush agricultural scene in San Luis Obispo County in Central California.John Chacon / California Department of Water Resources Panel discusses land use issues, including well permitting, land fallowing, gen... Read More...

Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Microplastics Everywhere: Understanding Microplastics in the Bay and Recommended Actions

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: 16 years of SFEWS, Monitoring contaminants in the Delta, Modeling South Delta entrainment, and more …

ESTUARY NEWS: Coverage of State of the Estuary conference: Water, environment, climate, equity

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

STATE OF ESTUARY: Standing too close to the elephant: addressing scales in restoration and fisheries conservation

Delta Independent Science Board: Water Supply Reliability Panel

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

FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

PANEL DISCUSSION: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

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

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

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

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

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

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Developing Sustainable Management Criteria

THIS JUST IN … DWR Approves Nine Alternatives to Groundwater Sustainability Plans

GSA SUMMIT: SGMA and Land Use Issues

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