Items Tagged with 'protecting domestic wells from groundwater pumping'

The State Water Resources Control Board is dramatically raising its fees on groundwater recharge permits, adding more compliance costs and more tension for water districts planning for climate swings.

The Department of Water Resources took an unusual step for an agency in publicly backing a measure to limit new groundwater wells. The bill was an attempt to fix several problems in Newsom’s drought order in 2022, which unsuccessfully sought to protect drinking water wells.

Lawmakers are casting a critical eye to the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, with calls for elevating environmental justice within the process and establishing a stronger state role.

Fiscal committees killed three bills related to dairy digesters, drought relief and groundwater plans.

The Legislature is advancing a bill to halt water grabs by hedge fund investors and venture capitalists, raising fears of upending transfer markets.

Asm. Bauer-Kahan has filed a measure aimed at halting water grabs by hedge fund investors and venture capitalists.