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Kings County judge rules against state Water Board in high-stakes groundwater case

September 13, 2024

• by Lois Henry, Lisa McEwen, Monserrat Solis

Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis is a California Local News Fellow The state Water Resources Control Board exceeded its authority, operated under a web of “underground regulations” and made unlawful demands of Kings County water managers, according to a preliminary injunction that is a near total repudiation of state actions in its attempt to reign in…

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“Groundhog day meets purgatory.” The tale of the sinking Tule subbasin

July 26, 2024

• by Lois Henry

When you’re done, you’re done. And the Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) is done. The district recently issued its new groundwater plan — purposely without coordination among the other groundwater agencies in the Tule subbasin. In the San Joaquin Valley water world, that’s the equivalent of going rogue. Especially as the Tule subbasin…

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Madera Judge asks for more information in lawsuit over fees for groundwater projects

June 21, 2024

• by Hannah Frances Johansson, Freelance for SJV Water

Round one of a lawsuit brought by a group of farmers against Madera County over land assessment fees left both sides standing — for now. On June 18, Madera County Superior Court Judge Brian Enos inched forward on the county’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the California United Water Coalition. He granted the…

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State hears from the public on potential take over of groundwater pumping in the Tule subbasin

April 5, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The Tule subbasin is next up to face the state in a groundwater probation hearing. Staff from the state Resources Water Control Board held a public workshop on Friday to go over its recommendations and hear from the public prior to the hearing on September 17. Probation is the first step toward possible state takeover…

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State board to vote on reducing extraction fees for probationary basins

March 13, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

On the eve of its first subbasin probationary hearing, the state Water Resources Control Board announced it will vote on whether to reduce a controversial groundwater extraction fee. The board will vote at its March 19 meeting on whether to cut the fee from $40 to $20-per-acre-foot for well owners in a subbasin placed on…

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Kings County judge rules against state Water Board in high-stakes groundwater case

“Groundhog day meets purgatory.” The tale of the sinking Tule subbasin

Madera Judge asks for more information in lawsuit over fees for groundwater projects

State hears from the public on potential take over of groundwater pumping in the Tule subbasin

State board to vote on reducing extraction fees for probationary basins

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