SGMA INTERVENTION: Water Board to hold first probationary hearing under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act State Water Board Groundwater News October 12, 2023Tulare Lake prioritized due to impacts to dry wells and subsidence affecting infrastructure and communities From the State Water Resources...
SJV WATER: Farmers fighting farmers over pumping allocations as Kaweah subbasin prepares for state scrutiny SJV Water Groundwater News October 6, 2023By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater relations in the Kaweah subbasin in Tulare County have gone from bad to worse....
AG ALERT: Hearings pending on aquifer plans for six subbasins Ag Alert Groundwater News June 28, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...
SJV WATER: Domestic wells still going dry in San Joaquin Valley towns as historically low groundwater levels are slow to rebound SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in...
SJV WATER: State rejects six San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans, which could bring enforcement action SJV Water Groundwater News March 3, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Six San Joaquin Valley groundwater agencies learned Thursday they could be subject to state enforcement...
AG ALERT: Efforts to protect groundwater are tested by drought Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News November 9, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Balancing the state’s groundwater supplies for a sustainable future may not be easy due to...
NASA/JPL: NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss NASA/JPL Groundwater News April 5, 2022By NASA/JPL Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water...
THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Additional “Incomplete” Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessments to Agencies, Initiating 180-day Timeline to Correct Deficiencies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News January 28, 2022From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released eight determinations on groundwater sustainability...
SJV WATER: Kings County groundwater plan raising questions SJV Water Groundwater News November 15, 2021By Lois Henry, SJV Water It’s hard to imagine state officials giving the thumbs up to a groundwater sustainability plan...
CAL MATTERS: Tulare County’s never-ending drought brings dried up wells and plenty of misery Cal Matters Agriculture June 30, 2021In the rural towns around Visalia, today’s dry spell is indistinguishable from the last one or the next one. Drought...
An update from the State Water Board on curtailment notice statuses for the Scott River, Russian River, Delta, and Tulare Lake Basin, plus an update from the Delta Watermaster Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 20, 2014At today’s meeting at the State Water Resources Control Board, John O’Hagan updated the board on the curtailment notices and...
