Putting farmland out to pasture not an easy task
Not all farmland in the San Joaquin Valley will survive in a post-SGMA world. Estimates are that the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act will force between 500,000 to one million acres…
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Bakersfield students win grand prize for grey water project
Students at Bakersfield’s Munsey Elementary School took home the grand prize in a statewide contest to find new, innovative ways to conserve water. The contest, called the H2O Challenge, is…
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Virtual Water Summit – May 25
The Water Association of Kern County’s annual Water Summit is virtual this year but will still pack a punch of who’s who in the water world.
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Students find saving water “elementary”
When a region’s groundwater is critically depleted and its dirt as hard as a frying pan, how do you refill the aquifer? Ask a fifth grader. Actually, ask the fifth…
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New land trust focused on groundwater aims to give farmers options
Southern Tulare County farmers inching toward a cliff of groundwater restrictions that could dry up tens of thousands of acres have joined with conservationists to potentially soften their own landing…
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“Madness and arrogance” blamed for one lawsuit against desert groundwater agency
Two lawsuits accusing the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority of ramming through a plan that ignores water rights and, according to one plaintiff, is intended to “destroy agriculture” were filed…
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Evaporation adds up. How much? Google it – someday
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With Trump comes a lot of speculation
Will President Donald Trump give his signatory flourish to the new controversial federal plan for operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta when he visits Bakersfield on Wednesday? Will he announce…
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Desert flight
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TUNE IN! KGET Channel 17 in Bakersfield Saturday night Nov. 23 6 p.m.
Well this was a quick turnaround! I was invited by KGET Ch. 17 anchor Jim Scott to talk about water on his Kern County In-Depth program. We talked SGMA with…
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Maven's Notebook is an excellent daily accounting of California water happenings statewide.
