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State Water Resources Control Board Chair Joaquin Esquivel sat down with KVPR’s Elizabeth Arakelian to discuss groundwater resources, and why his agency may be placing a region of Kern County under probation.

Residents often rely on water wells for daily use in the Central Valley because they live in more rural areas and are not connected to a water system.

Researchers at Caltech have figured out a way to use vibrations from passing cars to see how much water sits directly beneath the ground’s surface.

This month, the city of Fresno announced a $230 million lawsuit settlement with Shell Oil and other major companies. KVPR's Elizabeth Arakelian spoke with lawyer Todd Robins, who discussed the case's significance.

Two San Joaquin Valley water districts voted to break away from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency this month, clearing a path for them to form their own agencies and groundwater plans in the next six months.

The California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place the Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation over concerns with subsidence that come from excessive groundwater pumping.

Fallout over the ever sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the Tule subbasin regardless of whether they get water from the canal.

News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater agency with surprise and alarm.

In 2014, the mammoth groundwater management law known as SGMA promised to overhaul water use in the state. A recent conference showed how the rubber is hitting the road.

Groundwater plans, largely serving low-income Latino communities, were deemed inadequate for preventing dry wells and sinking land.