SGMA Implementation

January 27, 2021

Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles. His professional experience has focused...

SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans

January 13, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA and the Human Right to Water

December 17, 2020

Natalie Cochran is a water resources planner at Woodard Curran who has spent the last two and a half years...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers

December 15, 2020

At the 3rd Annual Western Groundwater Congress, Anona Dutton with EKI Environment and Water gave a presentation on water transfers...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA Isn’t Working – When It’s Time to Adjudicate. Wait, When is it Time?

December 9, 2020

Nick Jacobs is a shareholder with Somach Simmons & Dunn. who has been practicing law for about 20 years and...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Dispute Resolution Processes and Multi-Agency Groundwater Management

October 25, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress held in September of 2020, Dr. William Blomquist gave the following presentation on a study...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Developing groundwater allocations: Findings and recommendations

October 13, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...

TESS DUNHAM: California’s Three-Legged Stool for Improving Groundwater Quality: Porter Cologne, SGMA and the Recycled Water Policy – How Do They Work Together?

October 6, 2020

Every year, the Groundwater Resources Association of California selects two speakers for the David Keith Todd Lectureship, which named after...

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA and IRWM – Successful Integration: How SGMA and IRWM Can Utilize Each Other’s Strengths

Guest contributors

September 22, 2020

Guest commentary from Soua Lee, Program Manager of the Kings Basin Water Authority, on behalf of the IRWM Roundtable of...

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

August 19, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The groundwater sustainability plans that were submitted to the Department of Water Resources in January of 2020 were the...

NOTICE: DWR Sustainable Groundwater Management Office announces updates for translation services

Other Announcements

August 19, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: DWR’s Written Translation Service is available to help groundwater sustainability...

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

July 22, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The details of how a groundwater sustainability plan will be implemented are defined by the setting of sustainable management...

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

July 8, 2020

The implementation phase of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has now begun for the basins designated as critically-overdrafted. Getting to...

GSA SUMMIT: Reflections on the 2020 GSP process