…California’s groundwater basins as outlined in the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) enacted by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 2014. Improving Sustainable Groundwater Management is also a key…
State Says Continue Water Savings
…the state, with limited drinking water supplies in some communities, diminished water for agricultural production and environmental habitat, and severely depleted groundwater basins. The executive order calls for long-term improvements…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…meant that many of California’s groundwater aquifers are under ever-increasing pressure and, in some areas, in decline. One of the ways this trend can be reversed and groundwater replenished is…
NRCS Hosts Mid-year Advisory Meeting
…·A snapshot of 2016 program delivery ·A discussion about timely resource issues including groundwater recharge, biochar, and tree mortality ·Review of 2016 locally-led EQIP funding allocations ·Ongoing discussion on the…
Former Los Angeles Mayor to Speak at Water Technology Conference
…State. “The morning session starts with an overview and potential impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, a discussion entitled ‘Internet of Things,’ and a panel addressing investment opportunities in…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…go dry. It normally takes more than one wet year to erase the impacts of multi-year droughts, and decades to replenish groundwater levels. Accurately predicting whether water year 2017 will…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…cropping patterns, experimenting with new cultivars, using a variety of approaches to deficit irrigation and pumping groundwater—all while keeping an eye on volatile domestic and international markets and complying with…
Lettuce Research Grant
…water use. Water has become scarcer with the current drought, and the nitrogen in fertilizers produce greenhouse gas and can cause groundwater pollution, he says. “The lettuce industry has never…
California Republicans Call on White House to Act on Drought
…recent storms—perhaps the last of the season. It will take years and tens of millions of acre-feet of water to replenish our groundwater resources and for Californians’ lives to get…
Almond Groundwater Recharge Video
…says it is excited to explore the potential of California’s one million acres of almond orchards to recharge Central Valley groundwater. Read more about groundwater banking in California Agriculture journal….
Sustainable Groundwater Management Planning Grants
…model for its critically over-drafted groundwater basin. The funding provides the means for local communities to create long-term sustainable groundwater management plans for California’s groundwater basins. On average, groundwater makes…
EPA: $3.3 Million in Funding for Water Reuse and Conservation Research
…extreme drought, and population growth are decreasing water availability. To help promote sustainable water reuse, this research will evaluate how reclaimed water applications such as drinking water reuse, replenishing groundwater,…
$8.5 Million Awarded to Improve Communities’ Water Sources
…of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Ogallala Aquifer Region and optimizing the use of groundwater to sustain food production systems, rural communities and ecosystem services. The University of Maryland will…
Water Allocations Increased Again
…the SWP also have other sources of water, among them streams, groundwater and local reservoirs. Key reservoirs are rising from winter storms, but some remain below average for the date….