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By David Guy As we celebrate National Groundwater Awareness Week, the Northern California Water Association (NCWA) convened its groundwater management task force this week to help coordinate the various Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) in the Sacramento Valley and to advance groundwater sustainability throughout the region. Jim Mayer, the task force chair, also convened a conversation … Continue reading “Celebrating National Groundwater Awareness Week in the Sacramento Valley”

By Tib Belza Looking back over the past 30 years, the Northern California Water Association has grown into an organization that the early founders can be extremely proud of. The men and women who had the foresight and passion to start the organization should be given a large amount of gratitude. What now is a … Continue reading “Celebrating 30 Years of NCWA”

By Kevin O’Brien Many of my best days as a lawyer were spent driving through the Sacramento Valley and north Delta with George Basye (always in his Volvo). As George neared his retirement, he wanted to ensure that I, as the successor to a number of his clients, understood the foundations of his client relationships. … Continue reading “A Remembrance of George Basye”

By Don Bransford There has been recent commentary and discussion around a commodity futures market for water in California. In the Sacramento Valley, we are not involved in this process; nor are we participating in these contracts. Although we are not entirely clear on this market or what is being traded, it is clear that this new … Continue reading “Our Future in the Sacramento Valley: Serving Water for Multiple Benefits”