2021

DWR Releases Decisions for Groundwater Management Plans in Critically Overdrafted Basins

Department of Water Resources Will Transmit Six Basin Determinations to State Water Board, Beginning State Intervention Process From the Department...
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DWR Releases Decisions for Groundwater Management Plans in Critically Overdrafted Basins

DWR Awards $25 Million in LandFlex Grants to Protect Drinking Water Wells

The Department of Water Resources (DWR), in coordination with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, today awarded $25 million...
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DWR Awards $25 Million in LandFlex Grants to Protect Drinking Water Wells

The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program: Envisioning the social, economic, and environmental possibilities of fallowed lands

At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Keali’i Bright, Assistant Director of the Department of Conservation’s Division of...
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The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program: Envisioning the social, economic, and environmental possibilities of fallowed lands

California Water Agencies Hoped A Deluge Would Recharge Their Aquifers. But When It Came, Some Couldn’t Use It

It was exactly the sort of deluge California groundwater agencies have been counting on to replenish their overworked aquifers. The...
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California Water Agencies Hoped A Deluge Would Recharge Their Aquifers. But When It Came, Some Couldn’t Use It

Did winter storms replenish California’s depleted groundwater supplies? Here’s what data shows

Winter storms have filled California’s reservoirs and built up a colossal Sierra snowpack that’s nearly twice its normal size for...
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Did winter storms replenish California’s depleted groundwater supplies? Here’s what data shows

Amid well-drilling and pumping, calls grow for stronger California water regulation

In 2014, California adopted a landmark law aimed at combating excessive groundwater pumping, especially in farming areas of the San...
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Amid well-drilling and pumping, calls grow for stronger California water regulation

SGMA in the news

Anger showed at Tehama County well registration program workshop “A workshop on Tehama County’s well registration program drew many residents...
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DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley

The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) innovative Statewide Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey Project has now released AEM data for the...
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DWR’s Innovative Underground Aquifer Mapping Project Reaches Major Milestone: Data Now Available for Entire Central Valley

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