Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

The Unanticipated Benefits of California’s Water Policies

Water drips from a leaking irrigation pipe in the west San Joaquin Valley. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via…

6 years ago

California Court Finds Public Trust Doctrine Applies to State Groundwater Resources

Photo: Scott River, http://www.westernrivers.org/projectatlas/scott-river/ Court Rejects Claim That SGMA “Displaces” Public Trust’s Application to California Groundwater The California Court of…

6 years ago

California Groundwater Law Means Big Changes Above Ground, Too

The state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is likely to result in fallowing thousands of acres of farmland. Local governments are…

6 years ago

California’s Groundwater Rule Could Mean Opportunities, Not Penalties

Near Bakersfield, the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District plans to set up procedures for land retirement and water trading with…

7 years ago