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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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Second San Joaquin Valley groundwater subbasin recommended for state takeover

March 11, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

The Friant-Kern Canal was called out specifically as one of the reasons the state should take over pumping in the Tule groundwater subbasin in Tulare County. The recommendation was contained in a recently released staff report to the Water Resources Control Board. While the report stated groundwater management plans covering the subbasin didn’t adequately address…

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Farmers in Tulare County to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

February 2, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically overtapped aquifers? Water managers in the Kaweah subbasin in northwestern Tulare County hope to find out by having farmers tinker with a pilot groundwater market program. Kaweah farmers will be joining growers from subbasins up and down the San Joaquin…

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MEETING NOTES: Tulare County Water Commissioners take stock of 2023, set goals for 2024

January 9, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Meeting: Tulare County Water Commission Date: January 8, 2024 Agenda: CLICK HERE Board packet: CLICK HERE Main Topics: Results of 2023 Tulare County Water Commission Priorities, discussion to establish 2024 priorities. The Tulare County Water Commission is an advisory body to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. It examines a wide variety of water issues…

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State’s groundwater enforcement timeline is “not nearly as ambitious” as originally envisioned

December 20, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

State staff revealed it will be well into 2025 before all of the “inadequate” groundwater subbasins will start probationary hearings. The state Water Resources Control Board held a meeting on Tuesday where staff discussed the tentative schedule and heard from water agencies and members of the public. The Water Board is the enforcement arm under…

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The big melt: San Joaquin Valley eyes historic snowpack with trepidation

April 11, 2023

• by Lois Henry

It’s unlikely that all the snow looming above the San Joaquin Valley will melt and barrel toward the valley floor at the same time. If history is a guide, the melt should be staggered between the San Joaquin, Kings, Tule and Kern river watersheds starting later this month through July. “That’s good,” said California Department…

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State board to vote on reducing extraction fees for probationary basins

Second San Joaquin Valley groundwater subbasin recommended for state takeover

Farmers in Tulare County to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

MEETING NOTES: Tulare County Water Commissioners take stock of 2023, set goals for 2024

State’s groundwater enforcement timeline is “not nearly as ambitious” as originally envisioned

The big melt: San Joaquin Valley eyes historic snowpack with trepidation

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