It has been a while since I wrote something on water for the Friday Report. That is not because there is nothing happening, but rather...

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to chat with a dairy real estate professional who is a regular reader of the MPC Friday Report.

There is a lot going on in California water right now and I will mention a number of things in today’s update. So much of it is a work...

The Kern Subbasin GSAs – and there are about 17 of them – have agreed on a common approach to setting minimum thresholds.

In making the rounds of public meetings of Inadequate Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) over the past couple of weeks...

There is intense activity going on right now in the Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) whose plans were deemed “inadequate” by...

The legislation that launched the state’s comprehensive regulation of groundwater, commonly known as SGMA, was passed in 2014. One of...

The precipitation this winter has significantly increased the anticipated inflow to the Colorado River system, particularly into Lake...

An enormous amount of water is flowing out of the Delta into the ocean. The two pumping plants that export water to the California...

The illustrated map below was part of a presentation given by state officials this week to bring attention to the tremendous...

Eight and a half years after the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the California Department of Water Resources...

Last week we reported that Governor Newson had issued an Emergency Order that paved the way for the State Water Board to...

With the imminent threat of losing hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of stored water to the ocean, Governor Newsom on Monday issued...

Some good news to report this week on the water front. Exports scheduled today from the state pumps are 9,500 cubic feet per second...

Water was the dominate theme this week in California. After three very dry years, the winter of 2023 is starting to look wet.

As we end 2022, the weather has turned very wet throughout California. What a blessing. While having a wet winter will not by itself...

There is a lot of activity going on right now in the Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) I cover for Milk Producers Council.

At the end of September, the Board of Directors of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GKGSA) took action to...

This week, the Board of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) adopted a groundwater allocation for landowners...

As regular readers of this newsletter know, Milk Producers Council was a strong supporter of the More Water Now initiative effort...