Last week, we sent an e-blast to our members of an article published on Water Wrights providing a great overview of Governor...

A very important paper was released this week outlining a dairy facility's water consumption. This is a particularly important paper...

It took me a while, but I finally got through all 122 pages of the court order, issued a few weeks ago by Federal District Court Judge...

While a lot of focus has been on the drought and its impact on water supplies in the Central Valley, there is another major water...

December was wet. So far, January is dry. The charts below show where we are. The Tulare Lake graph is relevant for the Southern Central...

As implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) begins to impose real cuts in groundwater usage, dairy farmers...

One of the big realizations for me in relocating from Southern California to the Central Valley is how dependent Valley agriculture is...

The board of East Kaweah GSA meet last Friday and adopted an emergency allocation resolution. Here is what they adopted...

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was passed in 2014 and is designed to eliminate the “undesirable results” of taking...

As I’ve written about in previous MPC Friday Reports, the “More Water Now” initiative seeks to change California’s decades-old status...

It may not mean much at first glance, but a consortium of entities including NASA, The U.S. Geological Survey, USDA, as well as a number...

At this month’s board meeting of the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GKGSA), directors began discussions...

A final version of the Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022 is under review by the California Attorney General’s office. It...

All California dairy farms operate with permits issued by water quality regulators. One of the major issues those permits are designed...

This week, a citizen initiative was submitted to the California Attorney General’s office for review and “title and summary” designation...

How dry is it? Look at these three charts from the Department of Water Resources. This is the driest year on record in terms...

During the last big drought in 2014, the California Legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This historic...

Here’s this week’s Central Valley water supply headline: We need rain and snow. The storm of a couple of weeks ago did help us get out of...

Water availability is a big deal to a dairy. Without an accessible and relatively clean water supply, dairy farming is not possible. Much...

As the various Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) grapple with implementation of their Sustainability Plans...