…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….
Fresno’s National Ag Week and Nutrition Month
…in the world. It’s known for its fertile soils, long growing seasons and a developed surface and groundwater supply,” said Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO Ryan Jacobsen. “In 2014, Fresno…
Five Lessons for California from Australia’s Drought
…in California, water agencies are working to diversify water supply, including using groundwater (although this has been over-utilized in some areas), desalinating seawater or brackish water, and recycling water. To…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…leaching into and contaminating groundwater. Nitrates in groundwater is a regulatory issue governed by the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, which requires all growers in California to prepare a nitrogen management…
State Water Project Allocations Doubled
…major exception of groundwater depletion. The severe drought that began in 2012 has diminished water supplies to all sectors. California communities have been ordered to reduce overall water use by…
Nigiri Project Mixes Salmon and Rice Fields
…salmon to access and use its floodplain areas could make a huge difference for salmon while also helping to recharge groundwater and improve flood safety.” Four years of fast-growing fish…