The Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) in the Sacramento Valley in areas vulnerable to subsidence met this week with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to share information, develop mutual objectives and develop actions to prevent subsidence. The leaders in the Sacramento Valley are committed to protect our water and community infrastructure through sustainable groundwater management … Continue reading “Protecting our Water and Community Infrastructure: Taking Action to Prevent Subsidence in the Sacramento Valley”

There are significant efforts underway in the Sacramento Valley to restore habitat in harmony with farming and our local communities. This includes project portfolios like those of the Floodplain Forward Coalition, whose member organizations have planned projects with an estimated need approaching $1 billion for restoration actions benefiting over ½ million acres–the size of 2 … Continue reading “Accelerating Permitting for Floodplain Forward and Restoration in the Sacramento Valley”

By: Jim Mayer, Chair, Groundwater Management Task Force This week the California Department of Water Resources commemorated the ten-year anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Since the legislation was passed in 2014, there has been hard work and significant progress towards groundwater sustainability in the Sacramento Valley and the Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) … Continue reading “Looking to the Future: Ten years of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act”

By: David Guy, NCWA With the recent precipitation that has been emerging in the new water year and the weather whiplash we have seen in California the past several decades, this is a good time to think about the importance of our amazing water system in California, how we can continually modernize and improve our … Continue reading “Improving Our Amazing Water System in California”