COURTHOUSE NEWS: California groundwater management agencies falling behind on conservation goals Courthouse News Service Groundwater News March 2, 2023California may move to take over groundwater basins after plans to sustainably manage groundwater fell short of state standards. By...
THIS JUST IN … California Advances Groundwater Sustainability with Release of Decisions for Management Plans in Critically Overdrafted Basins Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News March 2, 2023Department of Water Resources Will Transmit Six Basin Determinations to State Water Board, Beginning State Intervention Process From the Department...
CA WATER COMMISSION: The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program: Envisioning the social, economic, and environmental possibilities of fallowed lands Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 2, 2023At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Keali’i Bright, Assistant Director of the Department of Conservation’s Division of...
SJV WATER: State will pay some valley farmers not to farm in attempt to save groundwater SJV Water Groundwater News March 1, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water More state money is flowing to the valley to take land out of production in...
AG ALERT: Farmers race to sink water into ground after storms Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News February 22, 2023By Lisa McEwen Growers in the San Joaquin Valley are hurriedly building temporary groundwater sinking basins to take advantage of...
CAL MATTERS: Ground zero: Rain brings little relief to California’s depleted groundwater Cal Matters Groundwater News February 7, 2023Communities, largely home to low-income Latino residents, still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects...
DWR NEWS: DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News February 6, 2023By DWR News The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) innovative Statewide Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey Project has now released AEM...
DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News January 18, 2023By DWR News The wet winter storms in January 2023 have brought a lot of water that has the potential...
SJV WATER: Desert groundwater agency mulls how to get water from San Joaquin Valley SJV Water Groundwater News December 17, 2022By Lois Henry, SJV Water A high-desert groundwater agency in eastern Kern County that’s in the midst of buying water...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Joaquin Valley residents, growers vying for water in fourth year of drought Courthouse News Service AgricultureGroundwater News November 19, 2022Residents and growers in the driest land in California’s Central Valley are struggling to decide who gets priority water first....
AG ALERT: Water rules add to challenges for farmers Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater NewsPolicy and regulation November 16, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Already grappling with drought, lower commodity prices and higher production costs, more farmers are feeling...
AG ALERT: Efforts to protect groundwater are tested by drought Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News November 9, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Balancing the state’s groundwater supplies for a sustainable future may not be easy due to...
GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA is Failing. Time to Fix It Conservation organizations & coalitions CommentaryGroundwater NewsPolicy and regulation October 25, 2022Guest commentary by Michael DeLapa, executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, and Chelsea Tu, executive director of Monterey Waterkeeper In...
AG ALERT: Researchers turn to drones, satellites to track water use Ag Alert Agriculture October 5, 2022Like many other researchers, environmental engineering professors Erin Hestir and Joshua Viers of the University of California, Merced, are trying...
DWR NEWS: DWR’s Groundwater Program Key to Long-Term Water Resilience Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News October 5, 2022From DWR News California’s new water year started on October 1 and with continued warm and dry weather in the...
