Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Jesse Vad reports for SJV Water.
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In Tulare County, officials worry there may not be enough trucks or drivers to get emergency water supplies to communities that go dry.
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A California Senate proposal to spend $2 billion to buy senior water rights would focus mostly on rights in northern California watersheds with another large chunk aimed at farmland retirement throughout the state.
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The water coming out of Millerton Lake just above Fresno is flowing because of a contract within California’s complicated water rights system. But, ironically, late spring rains could halt the flow.
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Looking at water levels near Hanford in Kings County, researchers determined land will continue sinking for centuries unless groundwater is replenished in those areas.
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The Kings River East Groundwater Sustainability Agency covers eastern Fresno County and a chunk of northern Tulare County. Its board of directors approved a letter disavowing ag's responsibility to raise groundwater levels enough to protect all domestic wells.
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The new proposed funding comes at a critical time as groundwater restrictions take effect and drought grips the state for a third year in a row.
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As drought continues to hammer the state, advocates are sounding the alarm for what they think could be the collapse of the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture workforce.
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Governor Gavin Newsom's recent executive order may make drilling new wells for agricultural uses more difficult. Local groundwater sustainability agencies would have to determine if future drillings will affect sustainability goals.
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Groundwater limits and fees netted $11 million in 2021 from Tulare Co. farmers. Most of that money will pay a share to fix the sagging Friant-Kern Canal. The rest will pay for projects to stem the groundwater free fall that sank the canal in the first place.
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California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its third snow survey of the season and the outlook is not good for the state’s water users.