California enacts basin adjudication statutes with the goal of reducing uncertainty, costs and time of water rights litigation. On October 9, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1390 ...

New groundwater management laws mean Californians no longer have unfettered use of underground water. State law will require the creation of local agencies with sweeping powers to meter wells, ...

Groundwater law, winter rain trigger ... Those deluges could be a significant source of water in the Salinas and Soquel Valley groundwater basins, which are overdrawn by up to 28,000 acre-feet per ...

The law, AB 779, will require state ... Much of the state’s severely overdrafted groundwater basins are located in the San Joaquin Valley, where disputes could be settled through future ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last week that will incorporate environmental justice principles in legal disputes that stands to impact future groundwater use decisions across ...

Only agricultural, commercial and public water system users are subject to the proposed charge – The Paso Robles Area ...

Officials hosted an open house event Wednesday, covering a proposed fee that would apply to agricultural, commercial and ...

They estimated that annual groundwater losses in the Colorado River Basin have averaged more than 1.2 million acre-feet — about four times larger than the amount of water the Las Vegas area is ...

To comply with state law governing groundwater basin sustainability, pumping in the valley may be reduced by at least half and as much as two-thirds by 2040. (Carl Perry photo) ...

The state’s groundwater law requires the creation of new local management agencies in 127 basins around the state. Then, the battle to come up with a plan to manage the basins will begin. Follow ...

The law, AB 779, will require state ... Much of the state’s severely overdrafted groundwater basins are located in the San Joaquin Valley, where disputes could be settled through future ...