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“Too damn hot.” Farmers look for irrigation sweet spot to cool crops but there’s no beating this heat

July 9, 2024

• by Lois Henry

If the heat is sapping your will to live, most San Joaquin Valley crops are right there with you. The blast furnace weather has farmers irrigating in cycles, using more frequent bursts, taking advantage of the coolest part of the day; anything to get crops through to harvest But “it’s just too damn hot,” said…

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Protecting domestic wells a key piece of southern Fresno County groundwater agency’s planning

July 8, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

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Appeal of order to keep water in the Kern River moves forward

July 3, 2024

• by Lois Henry

Agricultural water districts with rights to the Kern River filed an opening brief recently on their appeal of a local judge’s order last fall to keep enough water in the river for fish. The water districts insist that when Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a preliminary injunction to keep water in the river,…

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Springville residents irate over continued water outages, company blames residents

July 2, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

More than a year after floods caused water outages in the small town of Springville in the Tulare County foothills, residents are still struggling with water loss and contamination. Residents are furious with Del Oro Water Company, the private, for-profit company that serves the town, and blame it for the ongoing problems. But staff at…

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Kaweah’s new groundwater plan may be enough to negate state action, if they can see eye-to-eye on subsidence

July 1, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

The state came to Tulare County and gave water managers in the Kaweah subbasin kudos for being proactive on their new plan to stop over pumping in the region. The head of the state Water Resources Control Board Joaquin Esquivel himself was there to praise the managers. “We are heartened by the coordination we see…

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VIDEO: Beavers reintroduced on the Tule River Reservation

June 28, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Beavers were reintroduced to the South Fork Tule River on June 12 thanks to a partnership between the Tule River Tribe and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Tribal leaders started working on a pathway to reintroduce beavers on the reservation a decade ago. After years of research and advocacy, CDFW received funding and…

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Okieville water recharge project a “poster child” of partnership to protect residential water

June 27, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

More than 40 engineers, landowners, water officials and drinking water advocates gathered along the banks of a full, flowing canal in Tulare County Thursday to inaugurate the Okieville Recharge Basin. But the first order of business on the hot summer day was snow cones. The 21-acre project is a “poster child” of partnership that will…

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Chaos continues to reign among Kings County water agencies following state action

June 26, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

It’s been two and a half months since the state brought the hammer down on water managers in Kings County for lacking an adequate plan to stem overpumping in the region and the situation is, in a word – chaotic. One groundwater sustainability agency (GSA) has imploded, leaving the county to potentially pick up the…

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Stanford study shows where – and why – recharge is uplifting sunken ground

June 24, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

New research reveals why some rivers in the San Joaquin Valley are causing the ground to uplift when others aren’t. The answer lies beneath the ground’s surface. A new study from scientists at Stanford University combines satellite data with airborne electromagnetic (AEM) flight data to see exactly what’s happening with recharged water from the Sierra…

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Eight years, ten miles and $325 million later, first phase of Friant-Kern Canal fix celebrated

June 21, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Sun-kissed waters flowing south in the Friant-Kern Canal provided a perfect backdrop on a hot summer morning for a ribbon-cutting celebration that drew more than 100 people, including a who’s-who of local, state and federal water managers. An upbeat mood pervaded the gathering Friday, June 21, which marked the completion of Phase I of the…

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“Too damn hot.” Farmers look for irrigation sweet spot to cool crops but there’s no beating this heat

Protecting domestic wells a key piece of southern Fresno County groundwater agency’s planning

Appeal of order to keep water in the Kern River moves forward

Springville residents irate over continued water outages, company blames residents

Kaweah’s new groundwater plan may be enough to negate state action, if they can see eye-to-eye on subsidence

VIDEO: Beavers reintroduced on the Tule River Reservation

Okieville water recharge project a “poster child” of partnership to protect residential water

Chaos continues to reign among Kings County water agencies following state action

Stanford study shows where – and why – recharge is uplifting sunken ground

Eight years, ten miles and $325 million later, first phase of Friant-Kern Canal fix celebrated

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