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State board puts first groundwater basin on probation

• by Lisa McEwen and Jesse Vad, SJV Water
The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to put the Tulare Lake subbasin on probation during a precedent-setting meeting in Sacramento that stretched over nine hours.  “This is a turning point. We are coming to terms with the reality of what this means especially in these areas that are so severely overdrafted,”…
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Sewage backup in East Orosi renews frustration and allegations of dysfunction 

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Residents in the small town of East Orosi woke up Sunday to backed-up toilets and yards flooded with wastewater. One of the community’s wastewater pumps stopped working, causing sewage backups for two days until workers were able to fix the pump late Monday night.   “It’s really bad. Somebody needs to do something about it,” said…
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Report highlights strong interest in farmland transition funds

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
There was no shortage of interest in the $90 million in state funding made available through the new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, according to the first report released this month on the effort to transition irrigated farmland in overdrafted groundwater basins to less water-intensive uses.  The program was created through a 2021 bill authored by…
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A Tulare County groundwater agency on the hot seat for helping sink the Friant-Kern Canal holds private tours for state regulators

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
As the date of reckoning for excessive groundwater pumping in Tulare County grows closer, lobbying by water managers and growers has ramped up. The Friant Water Authority, desperate to protect its newly rebuilt –  yet still sinking – Friant-Kern Canal, has beseeched the Water Resources Control Board to get involved. Specifically, it has asked board…
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High schoolers deepen their water knowledge at Sacramento conference

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
Acronyms are so prevalent in the water industry that stringing several together can form an impressive-sounding sentence.  That’s exactly what Hanford High School junior Morgan Carrroll did at an April 5 workshop in Sacramento called Water 101 put on by the Water Education Foundation.  After winning a game of bingo no less. The bingo game…
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New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding

• by Lois Henry
The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received another chunk of public funding just as the first section of the 1,300-acre project had a formal christening on Wednesday. Officials with Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, Irvine Ranch Water District and the Bureau of Reclamation gathered at the project…
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