SJV WATER: Tulare County Judge sifts through barrage of arguments from groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News September 3, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...
SJV WATER: Bill may extend lifeline to Tulare County farmers left behind after groundwater agency implosion SJV Water Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation July 23, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) can see a light at the...
SJV WATER: Proposed new groundwater fee structure has Tulare County farmers crying foul SJV Water Groundwater News June 18, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Tulare County farmers are incensed by a proposed new fee structure that they say will...
SJV WATER: Friant Water Authority agrees to replacement pump stations for district that’s suing it. But adds strings SJV Water Groundwater News May 30, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout from the ongoing who-owes-what dispute over the still sinking Friant-Kern Canal led to some...
SJV WATER: Porterville water district launches its own groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News May 15, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Porterville Irrigation District board of directors voted unanimously to launch a second version of...
SJV WATER: Irrigation district kills groundwater partnership in the crib amid accusations of power mongering, lack of transparency SJV Water Groundwater News April 11, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the City of Porterville to...
SJV WATER: Three troubled San Joaquin Valley subbasins may band together to tackle widespread sinking SJV Water Groundwater News March 14, 2025Water managers in the Tulare Lake, Tule and the Kaweah subbasins are discussing the possibility of creating a regional subsidence...
SJV WATER: Tea Pot Dome agrees to pay share of cost to fix sinking canal and reveal pumping data to Friant Water Authority SJV Water Groundwater News March 5, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Tea Pot Dome Water District has agreed to pay Friant Water Authority $1.4 million in...
SJV WATER: Legislation could provide new path for farmers in beleaguered Tulare County groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News March 4, 2025Farmers in the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency may have the glimmer of a path forward thanks to a...
SJV WATER: A new groundwater agency is formed in the Tule subbasin, its 12th so far SJV Water Groundwater News February 19, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville...
SJV WATER: Southern Kings and Tulare county farmers with unregistered wells may face local penalties SJV Water Groundwater News January 29, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Farmers within portions of the Tule and Tulare Lake subbasins will have one month to...
SJV WATER: Too little too late? Tulare County water managers work to hold off state pumping sanctions SJV Water Groundwater News January 22, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater managers and others in southern Tulare County are scrambling to comply with state mandates...
SJV WATER: Crunch time: Groundwater agency with land in two troubled subbasins working double time to try and hold off state sanctions SJV Water Groundwater News January 3, 2025By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The Tri-County Water Authority has a foot in each of the two groundwater basins now...
SJV WATER: More entities fleeing embattled Tulare County groundwater agency SJV Water Groundwater News December 12, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) may soon have only one member entity...
SJV WATER: Accusations of “extortion” and “bullying” fly in dispute over who should pay for sinking the Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water Groundwater News October 11, 2024By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into...
