Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A Kings County water district blamed for leaving a key groundwater agency in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin in tatters last year may want to stitch a new partnership. “I’d like to take the temperature...
Farmers in the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency may have the glimmer of a path forward thanks to a bill that would alter both its boundaries and governance. By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Assembly Bill 1044, introduced by Assembly...
New public source code access will improve collaboration on groundwater management From the Environmental Defense Fund: The Groundwater Accounting Platform...
By Lois Henry; Freelance writer Hannah Johansson contributed to this article A lawsuit over whether the Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) improperly conducted an election to assess fees on more than 900 parcels of land to pay for groundwater...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Groundwater agencies in Kern County have been given more time to improve their groundwater sustainability plans and potentially avoid state intervention. Citing significant progress in the agencies’ plans to bring the critically overdrafted Kern County...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) held a public hearing to consider a probationary designation for the Kern County Subbasin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). At...
