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State delays Kaweah subbasin’s probationary hearing date by two months

June 20, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen and Lois Henry, SJV Water

The state postponed the Kaweah groundwater region’s Nov. 5 probationary hearing until Jan. 7, 2025, according to an announcement at a “state of the subbasin” event held June 19 to answer questions about what probation would mean. “We have some good news for you this afternoon and we could all use some good news,” Mark…

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Kaweah groundwater planning still at a “stand off” even with state take-over looming

November 8, 2023

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

San Joaquin Valley groundwater managers have had six years to come up with plans to bolster critically overdrafted aquifers. Yet, some appear still stuck at the starting line even as the specter of state intervention is marching ever closer. In the Kaweah subbasin covering northern Tulare County, one groundwater agency is just now setting out…

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San Joaquin Valley groundwater will need more than one epic water year to rebound in the long term

June 7, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

With all the flooding, runoff and more snowmelt still to come, everyone’s wondering: How’s the groundwater? Short answer: Better. Long answer: It’s going to take more than one good water year to reach sustainability. After decades of over pumping and two severe, multi-year droughts within five years of each other, San Joaquin Valley aquifers had…

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State delays Kaweah subbasin’s probationary hearing date by two months

Kaweah groundwater planning still at a “stand off” even with state take-over looming

San Joaquin Valley groundwater will need more than one epic water year to rebound in the long term

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