Dave Owen and Michael Kiparsky write,
“One of the many noteworthy features of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is that it requires local government agencies to consider and address the effects of groundwater management upon interconnected surface water. That requirement is an important step towards rationalizing California water management, which has long treated groundwater and surface water as separate resources.
The requirement also is part of a larger story about evolving science and policy in a changing world. … ”
Read more from the Legal Planet here: California groundwater management, science-policy interfaces, and the legacies of artificial legal distinctions