In January of this year, the Kings and Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) were notified by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) that their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) were incomplete. DWR identified several deficiencies in the GSPs. Below is a summary of the responses to DWR’s identified deficiencies in the Kings and Tulare…
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What is Groundwater? Right under your feet, millions of gallons of water exist between rocks, sand, and gravel. Those permeable bodies of rock and sediment that are saturated with water are called aquifers. Much of the water in the world exists below the surface- in fact, there is twenty to thirty times more water in…
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September 2020 GSP Update In this Issue KINGS SUBBASIN GSP STATUS Kings Subbasin continues to adjust to COVID-19 pandemic, GSAs offer virtual public meetings MAGSA – Groundwater Data Policy adopted at September meeting NKGSA – Workgroup will develop two board policies NFKGSA – DWR will fund and install new monitoring well to support groundwater data…
July 2020 GSP Update In this Issue KINGS SUBBASIN GSP STATUS Kings Subbasin continues to adjust to COVID-19 pandemic, GSAs offer virtual public meetings MAGSA – Meet MAGSA’s water market study team, a reflection of the multidisciplinary approach required to design a water market NKGSA – Six wells will be videoed for construction information, critical…
Image: McMullin On-Farm Flood Capture and Recharge Project, Project Head Work July 6, 2020 Kings River Conservation District (KRCD), in collaboration with Terranova Ranch, Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, and Tetra Tech, has been awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fresno Chapter, for the McMullin On-Farm Flood Capture…
May 2020 GSP Update In this Issue KINGS SUBBASIN GSP STATUS Groundwater conditions improve overall in the Kings Subbasin in water year 2019, Annual Report submitted to the State shows the data Kings Subbasin awarded $500,000 grant from CA Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program Groundwater managers encourage residents and growers to stay…
Photo: Pine Flat Dam April 20, 2020 (Washington, D.C.) – A coalition of 150 organizations representing water and agricultural interests in the western U.S. urged Congress and President Trump today to address aging Western water infrastructure as further measures are considered to help the U.S. economy recover from the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Kings River Conservation…
February 25, 2020 Managers from six Kings Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) gathered in Easton Monday evening, February 24, for a panel discussion encouraging their stakeholders to stay engaged as they move forward to achieve sustainable groundwater levels in the region. Panelists included Ronnie Samuelian, Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group; Josh Rogers, South Kings GSA;…