Articles on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), State Water Board intervention, land subsidence, groundwater recharge, contamination, markets, banking and storage.
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The constant, rumbling, teeth-gritting traffic on Highway 99 might actually be good for something. Researchers at Caltech have figured out a way to use vibrations from passing cars to see how much water sits directly...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Even as work on the first phase of fixing the sinking Friant-Kern Canal is nearly done, officials are worried they won’t be able to pay the bill and have come up with a plan that...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water After several rounds of musical chairs in front of a standing-room only audience, a groundwater agency that had been blamed for putting Kings County into probationary status with the state was reconstituted and launched anew...
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is working with local stakeholders to determine how the federal government can help communities dependent on groundwater protect the dwindling resource. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared...
By the California Farm Bureau Federation A Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked state enforcement actions affecting Kings County growers who faced potential state groundwater extraction fees and an order to install water meters to report annual pumping. The California...
