As Groundwater Awareness Week winds down, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the final California’s Groundwater: Bulletin 118 – Update 2025 (CalGW Update 2025). CalGW Update 2025 provides a comprehensive inventory and assessment of available information on the...
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The 2025 Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program (MLRP) Annual Report is now available, detailing program progress and regional activities. Prepared by...
More than 10 years after environmental groups petitioned for a new rule, the state plans to require the Central Valley Water Board to update its waste regulations for dairies contributing to groundwater pollution. By Blanca Begert, Inside Climate News This...
By Joel Lisonbee, CIRES/NOAA/NIDIS The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) has traditionally been NOAA’s official measure, or index, to track the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The ONI is calculated as the rolling 3-month average sea surface temperature departure from average (anomaly)...
From the State Water Board: The Groundwater Extraction Annual Reporting System (GEARS) is now open for reporting under the Sustainable Groundwater Management...
In December 2025, the Groundwater Resources Association of California hosted a two-day webinar to address the complex relationship between Interconnected...
By SJV Water The Delta-Mendota subbasin, one of the largest in California, will likely avoid state enforcement. Staff from the state Water Resources Control Board issued an assessment March 2 that recommends the basin, which stretches over 765,000 acres across...
