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 Growing more drought-tolerant crops could be an option for San Joaquin Valley farmers facing severe groundwater cutbacks, according to two joint studies by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). The studies looked at growing...
Heavy groundwater pumping during California’s 2020-2022 drought caused the ground in the Sacramento Valley to sink faster than expected, permanently reducing the aquifer’s ability to store water, according to a new study published on Monday. By Quinn Welsch, Courthouse News...
By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water A Kings County groundwater agency nearly doubled its manager’s salary and added two part-time assistants even as it scrambles to find a secure revenue source. At its July 16 meeting, the South Fork Kings Groundwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water While water managers in southern Tulare County aren’t rolling out the welcome mat for Thursday’s meeting with state regulators, they are curious about how the state may propose to ratchet down overpumping. The meeting is...
Report: Fallow farmland brings few benefits, but incurs costs By Trina Kleist, UCANR California’s San Joaquin Valley produces an enormous share of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables. But it takes an unsustainable amount of groundwater to do it. New...
