GUEST COMMENTARY: Significant progress being made in implementing the state’s groundwater law Geoff Vanden Heuvel CommentaryGroundwater News March 18, 2020Guest commentary by Geoff Vanden Heuvel, Director of Regulatory and Economic Affairs, Milk Producers Council: I remember being surprised when...
ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features January 8, 2020As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features November 20, 2019The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...
GROUNDWATER TWO-FOR: The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features November 6, 2019David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created...
LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law August 14, 2019Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 19, 2019The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is California’s first statewide law that explicitly reflects the fact that...
ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation May 22, 2019Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension? Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 15, 2019Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law May 8, 2019Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater project operations January 30, 2019In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate:...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION … Draft Basin Boundary Modifications Released Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News November 29, 2018From the Department of Water Resources: “The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released Draft Basin Boundary Modifications. The...
DR. JEFF MOUNT: The Consequences of Sustainable Groundwater Management Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 20, 2018In 2014 California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which mandates that areas that depend upon groundwater achieve sustainability...
CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Utilization of Water Transfers to Recharge Groundwater Basins Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 14, 2018Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...
DR. ANDY FISHER: Enhancing groundwater recharge with stormwater Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 20, 2017Dr. Andy Fisher discusses how distributed stormwater recharge projects in the Pajaro Valley can help to address groundwater overdraft Dr....
PANEL: The groundwater-surface water nexus & the State Water Resources Control Board Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 1, 2017The passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act enacted a program for statewide management of groundwater, defining new roles for...
