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Landowners Pushback in Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency
At the end of September, the Board of Directors of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GKGSA) took action to...
Oct 21, 20224 min read


Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency Board Adopts a Groundwater Allocation
This week, the Board of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) adopted a groundwater allocation for landowners...
Sep 30, 20224 min read


Governor Newsom Makes a Big Water Announcement
As regular readers of this newsletter know, Milk Producers Council was a strong supporter of the More Water Now initiative effort...
Aug 12, 20222 min read


Weekend Water Reading List
There is a lot happening on water right now. What follows is a list of relevant water articles I have read this week. I share them...
Jul 29, 20223 min read


Water Blueprint Hosts CDFA Secretary, State Water Resources Control Board, DWR Leaders
The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley serves as the united voice to champion water resource policies and projects to...
Jul 1, 20222 min read


Madera County GSA – A Split Decision on a Big Fee
The Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) represents the groundwater-only portion of two critically overdrafted...
Jun 24, 20222 min read


Water…It’s Complicated
In a dry year like this one, when there is not enough water to go around, who gets what and why is very complicated. The Friant...
Jun 10, 20222 min read


Valley Leaders, Residents Call for More Action on Water
The Save Our Communities meeting was held in Visalia this morning, with more than 250 people in attendance. Roger Isom, President & CEO...
May 6, 20222 min read


Drilling Down: What the Governor’s Drought Executive Order Means for New Well Construction
Last week, we sent an e-blast to our members of an article published on Water Wrights providing a great overview of Governor...
Apr 15, 20222 min read


New Report & Calculator Quantifies Water Consumption on California Dairy Farms
A very important paper was released this week outlining a dairy facility's water consumption. This is a particularly important paper...
Apr 8, 20221 min read


Crisis in California Water
It took me a while, but I finally got through all 122 pages of the court order, issued a few weeks ago by Federal District Court Judge...
Apr 1, 20225 min read


Keep an Eye on the Colorado River
While a lot of focus has been on the drought and its impact on water supplies in the Central Valley, there is another major water...
Jan 28, 20224 min read


By the Numbers: Current Water Conditions
December was wet. So far, January is dry. The charts below show where we are. The Tulare Lake graph is relevant for the Southern Central...
Jan 14, 20221 min read


Very Helpful Paper on Managing Manure Under SGMA
As implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) begins to impose real cuts in groundwater usage, dairy farmers...
Jan 7, 20222 min read


Thank the Lord for the Rain and Snow
One of the big realizations for me in relocating from Southern California to the Central Valley is how dependent Valley agriculture is...
Dec 23, 20214 min read


East Kaweah GSA Update
The board of East Kaweah GSA meet last Friday and adopted an emergency allocation resolution. Here is what they adopted...
Dec 10, 20211 min read


SGMA Starts to Bite
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was passed in 2014 and is designed to eliminate the “undesirable results” of taking...
Dec 3, 20214 min read


Here is a Plan to Create More Water for California
As I’ve written about in previous MPC Friday Reports, the “More Water Now” initiative seeks to change California’s decades-old status...
Oct 29, 20212 min read


OPEN ET has Launched
It may not mean much at first glance, but a consortium of entities including NASA, The U.S. Geological Survey, USDA, as well as a number...
Oct 22, 20213 min read


Greater Kaweah GSA Launches Groundwater Extraction Cap Discussion
At this month’s board meeting of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GKGSA), directors began discussions...
Oct 16, 20213 min read
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