Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
Scientists present a probabilistic framework for exploiting airborne geophysical data for groundwater model parameterization and apply it to the Scott...
By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water Kings County groundwater agencies are now in a race to head off mandatory state pumping limits, which could be imposed by the end of 2027. Water managers are scrambling to get a new, unified groundwater...
As droughts intensify and groundwater warms, contaminants can move into underground aquifers – threatening drinking water and agriculture. By Sanket Jain, Yale Climate Connections Extreme heat and widespread drought related to climate change have been in the headlines this summer...
Report offers 50 recommendations to keep loss of small farms from becoming SGMA’s “seventh undesirable result.” The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) marked a significant step toward addressing decades of unsustainable groundwater pumping in California. SGMA identifies six “undesirable...
Satellite data have revealed an abrupt drop in aquifers’ ability to recharge after the 2020–2022 drought. More real-time monitoring could spot the issue before it arises again. By Grace Van Deelen, EOS From 2020 to 2022, California faced one of...
Curious how groundwater recharge efforts are progressing across California? This new Annual Groundwater Recharge Round-Up provides a statewide snapshot of Water Year 2025, including recharge volumes, hydrologic conditions, permitting pathways, policy updates, and emerging tools. The resource also spotlights successful...
