Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Board finds that subbasin’s latest plans are on track to meet sustainability goals once final deficiencies are addressed Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board [Wednesday] approved a resolution to return the...
Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its associated impacts have increased in some areas of California due to unsustainable groundwater pumping and practices and increasing climate aridification....
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal arguments against Friant Water Authority’s contention that the GSA shorted its obligation to help pay for repairs to the sinking...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Landowners who rely on domestic wells for drinking water may be able to seek help from the Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency if the tap runs dry. In an Aug. 12 board meeting, the GSA...
Over pumping wells causes subsidence that devalues houses, UCR study finds By Dan Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California’s Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values....
