…average (81.5 inches). Many Californians continue to experience the effects of drought, and some Central Valley communities still depend on water tanks and bottled water. Groundwater – the source of…
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
…make it through the dry times, particularly with the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.” “FCFB will continue to push for additional surface water and groundwater storage; improved conveyance…
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…now—we have had to let it go. And moving water into the ground takes time. You can’t replenish groundwater if you don’t have aboveground reservoirs and canals to hold and…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…form Groundwater Sustainability Agencies by June 30. The local GSAs will make decisions that affect groundwater use and fees, as they develop local Groundwater Sustainability Plans. Plans for groundwater basins…
NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink
…groundwater supplies. The Act requires groundwater-dependent regions to halt overdraft and bring basins into sustainable levels of pumping and recharge by the early 2040s. Groundwater supplies between 30 percent and…
Snow Survey Shows Big Gains
…water tanks and bottled water. Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County is at just 12 percent capacity, and groundwater – source of at least a third of the supplies Californians…
In South State, Lingering Drought Worries Farmers
…inches of rain, he said. Still, it hasn’t been enough, not in a region dependent on groundwater. “For us to have meaningful underground aquifer recharge, we will need to exceed…
State Water Project Allocation Increased
…William Croyle. “Californians’ in some areas still depend on bottled drinking water, some reservoirs remain low and groundwater basins are still in decline and have yet to recover. We know…
River-Flow Plan Moves to Written Comment Stage
…hit, and I’m looking to compare that to the fish presence in those critically dry years.” In response to public comments that the plan’s analysis of its impact on groundwater…
Helping Arizona Wheat Growers Maximize Resources
…they percolate too deeply into the soil and contaminate groundwater. Kevin Bronson, a soil scientist at the U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center in Maricopa, Arizona, conducts research to show…
Water Action Plan Progress Highlighted
…in a way that accounts for local conditions and demographics. Implementation of regulations to carry out the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, with counties, cities, and local water…
State Water Project Allocation Increased to 45 Percent
…note that nearly all areas served by the SWP have sources of water other than their SWP allocation, among them streams, groundwater and local reservoirs. The last 100 percent SWP…
Water Bill with Drought Relief on President’s Desk
…projects. The water bill directs $30 million to desalination projects, $150 million to water recycling and water conservation projects, $335 million to groundwater and surface storage projects and $43 million…
State Water Project Starts at 20 Percent
…which they contract with DWR. Nearly all areas served by the SWP have sources of water other than the DWR allocation, among them streams, groundwater and local reservoirs. DWR is…