Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this 2023 photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, a pump is used as part of a project to move ...

Assembly Bill 1413 seeks to quietly rewrite California’s water laws, raising alarm among local water agencies, business groups, lawmakers and many advocates of California’s agriculture industry. The ...

Jeevan Muhar, chief executive officer of Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, stands next to a canal. The agency routes river water underground to recharge the water table. In the southern San Joaquin ...

There was a time when the water under Nick Sahota’s Terra Bella farm was free and abundant, supporting tidy rows of pistachio trees and table grapes to supply Bay Area groceries like Costco, Food 4 ...

California is at a groundwater management crossroads as legal loopholes threaten to undo the state’s progress toward responsible groundwater sustainability. At the core of this legal conflict are two ...

The State Water Resources Control Board’s decision is its first retreat from a region it identified as not doing enough to protect groundwater supplies. SACRAMENTO, California — State water regulators ...

A year of average precipitation gave California’s groundwater supplies a significant boost, according to a state analysis released Tuesday. California’s aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by David Saint-Amand is board president of the Indian Wells Valley Water District. Re: “How ...