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Opinion: Why California will still have a water shortage no matter how much it rains this year
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDisappearing groundwater is what drives California's fresh water scarcity, and the Sustainable...
Groundwater court disputes will consider environmental justice in new law signed by Gavin Newsom
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last week that will incorporate environmental justice...
Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMichael Torres gestures toward his dry well in the unincorporated Fresno County community of...
'Full-on crisis': Groundwater in California's Central Valley disappearing at alarming rate
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWater flows from an underground well to irrigate an orchard in Visalia, Calif. (Irfan Khan / Los...
Salinas Valley agency gets $10.3M grant to fight against future California droughts
The Salinas Californian via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe California Department of Water Resources is granting $10.3 million directly to the Salinas...
Lack of water is forcing major changes in Valley agriculture, new analysis says | Commentary
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoThe San Joaquin Valley’s groundwater is dangerously depleted — a problem that’s grown worse as...
Turlock groundwater agency secures $9 million grant. What will it use the money for?
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA water agency that serves part of Stanislaus and Merced counties is using a grant of nearly $9...
Water-use challenges affecting farmers means reinventing the San Joaquin Valley | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural prosperity has been built, in part, on the use of groundwater....
California farming area placed on probation over declining groundwater and sinking land
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCalifornia's water board has for the first time put a farming region on probation for failing to...
San Joaquin Valley’s next big air pollution threat: Blowing dust from fallowed farmland
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoThe San Joaquin Valley has faced air quality problems for decades. It is a major transportation...