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As part of the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced earlier this week the final decisions for groundwater basin boundary modifications requested by local agencies. Under SGMA, basin boundaries define the geographical area included in each groundwater basin. Once basin boundaries …

Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California seated three new directors earlier this week representing the cities of Fullerton and Santa Ana, and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA). MWD is governed by a 38-member Board of Directors, representing each of the district’s 26-member agencies.  Each member agency is represented …

Governor Gavin Newsom signed his first two Assembly Bills on Wednesday in hopes of funding emergency drinking water and fire recovery in California. AB 72 and AB 73 are both early action budget bills. They two bills are designed to provide urgent assistance for communities that have contaminated and unsafe …

As anticipated, California Governor Gavin Newsom has relieved State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Chair Felicia Marcus from the position she has held since 2013. He announced the appointed of Joaquin Esquivel, 36, of Sacramento, as chair of the board during Tuesday’s State of the State address. Esquivel has served …

The Fenner Valley Water Authority (FVWA) has released a new analysis by water chemistry expert Dr. David K. Kreamer, a professor of Hydrology & Geosciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas critiquing two opposition-funded papers to the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project. FVWA is the public …

Farming, drought management and groundwater sustainability are about to move to the next level as pilot technologies to monitor and track groundwater using blockchain and remote IoT sensors will demonstrate the real time usage of water. The pilot project is jointly funded by the Water Foundation and the Gordon and …