New California Law to Help Achieve SGMA Requirements -
Assembly Bill 658, signed into law last week, creates new temporary diversion permits allowing for excess surface water capture during high-flow events. Permits...more
10/17/2019
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While California’s drought state-of-emergency has been lifted, legal battles aimed at limiting groundwater extractions linger....more
Key Principle: Sustainable Management Through Local Efforts -
The California Water Commission unanimously adopted a demanding set of regulations to govern the creation and implementation of groundwater sustainability...more
The Obama Administration released an action plan for long-term drought resilience that will impact the way state and local water agencies interact with the federal government on drought prevention and response efforts....more
Bills Addresses Traditional Costs and Delays in Adjudications -
On October 9, 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills designed to streamline groundwater basin adjudications and align them with requirements under...more
SB 13 Provides Clarifications and Revisions to SGMA -
Yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 13, which amends the groundbreaking Sustainable Groundwater Management Act enacted last year. The amendment streamlines certain...more
Public Comments Due Sept. 4 -
The California Department of Water Resources has released draft emergency regulations governing how groundwater basin boundaries may be modified or redrawn under the state’s Sustainable...more