SJV WATER: Kern’s final groundwater plan approved SJV Water Groundwater News February 6, 2020By 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, 2020Critically 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, 2020DWR 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 Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 23, 2020A 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 Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 8, 2020As 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, 2019From 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? Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features December 11, 2019Dr. 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) Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features November 26, 2019DWR’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 Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features November 20, 2019The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...
SJV WATER: Our “valley of tribes” must work together on water issues SJV Water Groundwater News November 14, 2019By Lois Henry, SJV Water Water and oil do mix, or at least they should in order for the San...
GROUNDWATER TWO-FOR: The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features November 6, 2019David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created...
FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features October 23, 2019Dr. Douglas Tolley gives an explanatory presentation on integrated hydrologic modeling, including how models are coupled and key terms such...
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features October 10, 2019Groundwater managers across the state are looking to groundwater recharge as a potential solution to their community’s water challenges. However,...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: California must embrace groundwater management, and expand it Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News September 27, 2019Five years ago, California became the last state in the West to regulate groundwater. Many thought this would be impossible...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law August 28, 2019California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...
