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May 2022

• California’s drought has caused entire towns to sink nearly a foot in just one year, The San Francisco Chronicle, 05/27/22
• In an era of drought, an obscure water contract is pitting California farmers against each other, Grist, 05/26/22
• Tech Helps Map and Manage Groundwater in California, Government Technology, 05/25/22
• Tech Helps Map and Manage Groundwater in California, Government Technology, 05/25/22
• County Corner: Our answers on groundwater leave more questions, Ag Alert, 05/25/22
• SoCal needs to keep vital trees alive despite unprecedented watering restrictions, Los Angeles Times, 05/24/2022
• Policy Brief: Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, Public Policy Institute of California, 05/23/22
• USGS Scientists Explain How Aquifer Compaction is Measured, USGS, 05/20/22
• How CA coastal communities are working to conserve water, combat saltwater intrusion amid drought, ABC7 News, 05/19/22
• New wastewater project to help farmers, conservation, Fox 40, 05/19/22
• Drought intensity extreme, officials to discuss groundwater at Kern Water Summit, 23ABC News, 05/18/22
• North Bay agencies seek $83 million to expand water recycling amid drought, The Press Democrat, 05/18/22
• Mojave Water Agency begins water delivery to thirsty basin, California Water News Daily, 05/18/22
• SGMA Implementation Update: With the Deadline Looming for the GSPS Deemed Incomplete, The State Water Board Prepares for Possible Intervention, Maven’s Notebook, 05/17/22
• ‘MRI for the Earth’ Probes Groundwater from the Air in California - Tool is Able to Send Electromagnetic Signals 1,000 Feet Into the Earth's Subsurface, The Sierra Sun Times, 05/16/22
• ‘A walk back in time’: Where two rivers join, California will get a new state park, The Los Angeles Times, 05/16/22
• Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, The Public Policy Institute of California, 05/16/22 
• Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, The Public Policy Institute of California, 05/16/22
• How California Can Survive Another Historic Drought, The Washington Post, 05/15/22 
• SLO County cities, towns call for cutbacks as drought worsens: ‘All the easy water is gone, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, 05/15/22 
• Preparing for a Dry Summer: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in the Sacramento Valley, Northern California Water Association, 05/13/2022
• State rice acreage plummets amid water reductions, Ag Alert, 05/11/22
• Developer wants to build $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach, KTLA, 05/10/22
• California district breaks ground on drought resiliency project, Water World, 05/10/22
• Allensworth groundwater storage project receives funding from DWR, The Sun Gazette, 05/09/22
• Wild Fluctuations in Sierra Snow, NASA, 05/08/22.
• State executive order triggers review of Lake County’s well permitting process, Lake County News, 05/04/22
• DWR Awards $150 Million in SGMA Implementation Funds, ACWA, 05/04/22

April 2022

• How to assess a community’s resilience, The University of Utah, 04/25/22
• A defense against drought: District eyes water-purification plant as key to recycling increasingly scarce water, Palo Alto Online, 04/22/22
• Greater Kaweah GSA puts a price on pumping groundwater, The Sun-Gazette, 04/19/22
• How California Is Rethinking the Way It's Rivers Flow to Stem Flood Risk, NBC 4 Central California, 04/19/22
• The top 10 most endangered rivers in America, CNN, 04/18/22
• Unusually low rain prompts water officials to reconsider dam releases for growers, Monterey County Now, 04/14/22
• As California gets its final winter rains, drought is setting up a water battle, PBS News Hour, 04/12/22
• EPA Awards $100,000 to UC Berkeley for creating technology to remove high levels of arsenic from groundwater, U.S. EPA, 04/11/22
• DWR Making Investments in Much-Needed Canal Repairs, AgWest Radio, 04/08/2022
• Scientists develop new method to monitor underground water loss in California’s Central Valley, Courthouse News Service, 04/07/22
• DWR Allocates Funds for Delta-Mendota Canal Repairs, California Department of Water Resources, 04/07/22
• Santa Monica’s Journey to Water Self-Sufficiency, Water World, 04/06/22
• More watering restrictions on the way to San Benito County, SanBenito.com, 04/06/22
• NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss, California Institute of Technology, 04/05/22
• Mini desalination plants could refresh the parched West, Popular Science, 04/03/22
• State’s latest recommendation of chromium 6 levels may increase Banning’s water rates, Record Gazette, 04/03/22
• California to Survey Aquifers by Helicopter, The Independent (Livermore), 04/03/2022

March 2022

• Grants provide boost to groundwater banking, California Water News Daily, 03/29/22
• Reclamation project draws ire, Antelope Valley Press, 03/28/22
• As Western Drought Worsens, Governor Newsom Moves to Bolster Regional Conservation Efforts, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, 03/28/22
• The deceptively simple plan to replenish California’s groundwater, National Geographic, 03/23/2022
• What Every Californian Should Know About Groundwater, PPIC, 03/22/22
• World Water Day Focuses Attention on How Water is Underappreciated — Especially Groundwater, The Pacific Institute, 03/22/22
• Legislative Approaches to Water Data as Public Policy, Internet of Water, 03/22/22
• California Department of Water Resources Awards $180 Million to Communities Statewide for Drought Relief Projects, Sierra Sun Times, 03/22/22
• State and local organizations working to identify dangerous contaminants in rural wells, ABC 10 New, 03/18/22
• Where Rising Seas Threaten Drinking Water, Scientists Look for Affordable Solutions, Scientific American, 03/17/22
• First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California, GreenBiz, 03/17/2022
• State water officials track groundwater by air, Fox 40, 03/14/22
• How the drought in California is affecting Kern County farmers,
  ABC 23 (Bakersfield), 03/14/2022
• As California’s drought intensifies, the pain spreads, Capitol Weekly, 03/11/2022
• Through Challenges of Drought, Locally Led Solutions for Groundwater Sustainability Are Advancing, DWR, 03/11/22
• State, local leaders urge residents to conserve water amid a worsening drought in California, KCRA 3, 03/10/2022
• Seawater intrusion threatens California’s coastal agriculture. Here’s how the Pajaro Valley is pushing back, KAZU, 03/03/2022
• Valley water agencies ask for more water now and in the future, The Sun-Gazette, 03/01/22
• Drought cost California’s ag industry $1.1 billion last year, UC Merced researchers say, The Sacramento Bee, 03/01/22
• Watchdog on the water: Group uses drones to monitor the ‘fragile ecosystem’ of the Bay, The San Francisco Examiner, 03/01/22

February 2022

• Almonds and Salinity in Groundwater, AgNet West, 02/28/22
• Sierra Nevada snowpack disappearing after driest January-February in recorded history, third year of California drought all but inevitable, San Jose Mercury News, 02/28/2022
• Agencies break ground for regional recycled water facility, Highland Community News, 02/28/2022
• Climate crisis: Will small California farms survive soaring heat?, Aljazeera, 02/28/22
• Santa Ynez River Basin groundwater sustainability plans approved, KEYT, 02/28/2022
• Agencies break ground for regional recycled water facility, Highland Community News, 02/28/2022
• Zero water allocation leaves Central Valley Project farmers with few options, Capital Press, 02/28/2022
• California agriculture takes $1.2-billion hit during drought, losing 8,700 farm jobs, The Los Angeles Times, 02/28/2022
• Sierra Nevada snowpack disappearing after driest January-February in recorded history, San Jose Mercury News, 02/28/2022
• California reps ask US for new water study at former base, Fox11, 02/27/2022
• SB to deliver surplus recycled water to La Cumbre Mutual Water Company, Santa Barbara News-Press, 02/27/2022
• Planned water treatment facility in El Rio to improve drinking water supply for thousands, The VC Star, 02/27/2022
• California Is About to Test Its First Solar Canals, Smithsonian Magazine, 02/25/2022
• Sierra Club sues San Jose over riverside development, San Jose Spotlight, 02/25/2022
• Last Year’s Drought Cost Ag Industry More Than $1 Billion, Thousands of Jobs, University of California, Merced, 02/24/2022
• California’s drought endures: Feds’ Central Valley Project announces 0% water for farmers, The Sacramento Bee, 02/24/22
• Why Environmental Justice Is Crucial in Climate Resilience: Just Look at New Sea Rise Predictions, KQED, 02/23/22
• Agencies working to sustain groundwater, AgAlert, 02/23/22
• SGMA Could Bolster Habitat Restoration in the San Joaquin Valley, Public Policy Institute of California, 02/22/2022
• A Parched West Remains Divided on Desalinating Seawater, PEW Charitable Trusts, 02/22/2022
• Well project coming to Amador Valley Park, Pleasanton Weekly, 02/22/2022
• Sustainable Conservation: Protecting Water Quality While Recharging Aquifers, Maven's Notebook, 02/20/22
• DWR Launches New Website to Improve Tracking of Local and Statewide Water Conditions Amid Extreme Dry Conditions, CA Department of Water Resources, 02/18/2022
• New technologies improve how the Department of Water Resources tracks NorCal's water supply, KCRA, 02/17/2022
• Newsom’s water leaders tout new drought actions, Agri-pulse, 02/17/2022
• State revamping water management system to keep up with climate change, KTVU, 02/17/2022
• Rancho Los Cerritos launches $4 million project to capture, reuse 95% of rainfall, The Long Beach Post News, 02/17/2022
• For some Kern County farmers, overpumping groundwater could get pricey, Bakersfield.com, 02/17/22
• Owens Valley Groundwater Agency Shrinking Fast as Members Pull Out, Hoping Water Levels Remain Stable, Sierra Wave Media, 02/16/2022
• State water board preps for worst case drought scenario, Agri-Pulse, 02/16/22
• Solano water agency project to protect water supply for Solano, Napa, The Reporter, 02/16/22
• New Data Shows Subsidence Continued in Water Year 2021, But Pace Slower than Seen in Previous Droughts, DWR, 02/16/22
• Groundwater Authority celebrates victory lap after plan approval, begins steps towards future, The Ridgecrest Daily Independent, 02/14/2022
• With billions in state surplus, Monterey County looks to Sacramento for water funding help, Monterey County Now, 02/10/2022
• Water agencies attempt to put more water into parched Teviston, The Sun-Gazette, 02/10/22
• Technological Innovations May be a Solution to California’s Drought Crisis, New University, 02/09/2022
• Forecasting Our Future: Groundwater 'bank' can store twice as much water as Folsom Lake, KCRA, 02/07/2022 
• As Colorado warms, dry soil sucks up more water. That’s bad news for rivers and farmers, The Colorado Sun, 02/06/2022
• Scott, Shasta river water cuts worry farmers in region, Ag Alert, 02/02/2022
• Water agencies break ground on work-around for sunken canal,
  The Foothills Sun Gazette, 02/01/2022
• Rice Farming to Restore Soil, Earth Island Journal, 02/01/2022

January 2022

• Drought Exposes ‘Canary in This Coal Mine’ of PFAS in Well Water, Bloomberg Law, 01/31/22
• MID and TID take a step toward capturing a lot more water from Tuolumne in wet years, The Modesto Bee, 01/31/2022
• Los Angeles Is Building a Future Where Water Won’t Run Out, Bloomberg, 01/31/2022
• Marin water agencies explore new sources of supply, The Marin Independent Journal, 01/30/2022
• State gives thumbs down to most San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans, The Bakersfield Californian, 01/28/2022
• Climate change whiplash could mean more flooding, water-management challenges in California, Capitol Public Radio, 01/28/2022
• Massive pipeline under construction reignites water heartburn in Kings County, The San Joaquin Valley Sun, 01/28/2022
• Seeking water help, So. Oregon/No. California county leaders send letter to Bureau of Reclamation, KOBI 5, 01/27/2022
• CalMatters Commentary: Proposed ballot measure would create water infrastructure, The Daily Republic, 01/26/22
• Humboldt County supervisors OK Eel River Basin groundwater sustainability plan, The Times Standard, 01/25/22
• Getting Water to Places Birds Need Most, Audubon, 01/25/2022
• Federal, local officials kick off millions in repairs to Friant-Kern Canal, The Sun, 01/25/2022
• What California’s drought could teach other states in the West, Newsbreak, 01/22/22
• Study: Thousands of Californians may lack access to safe drinking water, The Los Angeles Daily News, 01/21/22
• Sonoma County well owners advised to test water for contaminants as a result of two-year drought, The Press Democrat, 01/20/2022
• Climate Zoning Defined for Burlingame Shore and Sonoma Hills, Knee Deep Times, 01/19/2022
• Long-Term Groundwater Sustainability Plan Approved For The Sacramento Region, ACWA, 01/19/2022
• OC Taps Into New Water Source, Raising Concerns About Contamination, New University, 01/19/2022
• Groundwater — not ice sheets — is the largest source of water on land and most of it is ancient, The Conversation, 01/19/2022
• Groundbreaking for Friant-Kern Canal repairs is Tuesday, The Porterville Reporter, 01/19/2022
• UC Berkeley study finds quality, racial inequity issues in CA water supply, The Daily Californian, 01/18/2022
• Lithium under a California lake could help U.S. gain energy autonomy, NBC, 01/18/2022
• County Providing Resources For Well Owners Amid Drought, Bay City News Service, 01/15/2022
• Why this viral map isn't the best indicator of California drought, SF GATE, 01/14/22
• Biological nitrate treatment gains Calif. approval, WaterWorld, 01/14/22
• Climate change resilience begins with water, say these UC ag researchers, KVPR, 01/14/2022
• Water scarcity is about to get a lot worse. Irrigated agriculture doesn’t have a plan, The Counter, 01/13/22
• Spaceship-sized detection system could help determine future of CA water supply, ABC 7, 01/13/22
• State Agencies Detail Progress Implementing Water Resilience Portfolio, The California Natural Resources Agency, 01/11/2022
• California’s Drought Reckoning Could Offer Lessons for the West, Pew Charitable Trusts, 01/11/22
• Kings Co. nears deal to stave off water shortage in Kettleman City, The Sun, 01/11/22
• Study predicts rising heat and hardship for San Joaquin Valley farming communities, Phys.org, 01/10/22
• Dangers Lurk in the San Joaquin Valley’s Dust, PPIC, 01/10/22
• Could a small dam on Dry Creek ease flooding in Modesto area? Here are some options, The Modesto Bee, 01/10/22
• Exclusive: Newsom’s budget would add billions to fight drought, fires and boost California farms, Sacramento Bee, 01/09/2022
• Here is a plan to create more water for California, The Press Democrat, 01/08/22
• Water treatment plant on track to be running by next summer, Turlock Journal, 01/07/2022
• New Climate Report Outlines Challenges and Opportunities Facing California’s San Joaquin Valley, The Union of Concerned Scientists, 01/06/2022
• Water Replenishment District launches plan to clean brackish water in aquifers for drinking, Spectrum News 1, 01/06/2022
• Commentary: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path, AgAlert, 01/05/22
• California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada, Environmental News Bits, 01/04/22
• BLOG: Water in 2021:Looking Back on a Year of Extremes, Public Policy Institute of California, 01/03/21
• Groundwater stability another dividend paid to Solano by Berryessa, Daily Republic, 01/02/22
• 2022 Promises Continued Climate Extremes, But Also A Glimmer of Hope for Californians, KQED, 01/01/22

December 2021

• Cover crops may factor in SGMA implementation, Western Farm Press, 12/28/21
• Critics say valley groundwater managers relying too much on recharge, not enough on pumping cuts, Bakersfield.com, 12/27/21
• Desalination projected nixed by West Basin Water District, Daily Breeze, 12/24/2021
• New cover crop research could shape California groundwater policies, Capital Press, 12/23/2021
• Merced irrigation officials scramble to fix groundwater plan, as fear of restrictions loom, Merced Sun-Star, 12/22/21
• Large water pipeline in Kings County raising questions, concerns, SJV Water, 12/22/21
• Sites Reservoir clears a critical funding hurdle, AgAlert, 12/22/21
• Coalition Releases Plan To Protect Bird Habitat, Riverbank News, 12/21/21
• Danger in Droughtsville: California’s urban water at risk, CalMatters, 12/21/21
• Massive wetland restoration project in the works for Upper Klamath Lake, The Herald and News, 12/18/2021
• The Warning Shot The US Is Ignoring: Climate Change Impacts On California Central Valley, CleanTechnica, 12/18/2021
• As water officials repair damage from subsidence, they demand prevention from groundwater agencies, KVPR, 12/17/2021
• DWR Offers $350 million in Financial Assistance for Groundwater Sustainability Projects, The Department of Water Resources, 12/17/2021
• A frenzy of well drilling by California farmers leaves taps running dry, Los Angeles Times, 12/16/21
• State Finalizes Groundwater Management Principles and Strategies Addressing Drought Impacts on Drinking Water Wells, DWR, 12/16/21
• San Diego Water Board approves use of highly treated wastewater for groundwater replenishment, California Water News Daily, 12/14/21
• This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow?, California Health Report, 12/14/2021
• Winter without snow is coming, High Country News, 12/14/2021
• State Tells San Joaquin Valley Agencies that groundwater plans are flawed, Los Angeles Times, 12/11/2021
• ACWA CONFERENCE: CHAIR JOAQUIN ESQUIVEL ON DROUGHT, PARTNERSHIPS, AFFORDABLE WATER, WILDFIRES, AND MORe, Maven's Notebook, 12/10/21
• New groundwater plan will help SLO Basin's water levels, New Times SLO, 12/09/2021
• New groundwater plan will help SLO Basin's water levels, New Times SLO, 12/09/2021
• 'Toilet to tap' water conservation gains steam, The Lewiston Tribune, 12/09/21
• Agriculture interests say canal fixes will help vulnerable communities, California Health Report, 12/08/2021
• Agriculture interests say canal fixes will help vulnerable communities. Residents disagree, California Health Report, 12/08/2021
• How San Diego County's water conservation efforts have prepared them for severe drought conditions, ABC7, 12/08/2021
• Who should pay to fix California’s sunken canals?, High Country News, 12/08/21
• OPINION:A little rain won’t end California’s drought. Neither will fines for hosing down driveways, The Sacramento Bee, 12/08/21
• Where is central California’s water going?, High Country News, 12/07/21
• Camarillo doubles potable water supply with new desalination plant, WaterWorld, 12/07/21
• Dahles, officials survey damage from Mud Creek debris threatening McCloud water supply, The Mount Shasta Herald, 12/07/21
• California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada, The Conversation, 12/07/21
• California groundwater could get recharging help from alfalfa farms, UC Merced, 12/06/21
• California Water Conveyance Upgrades Receive $100 Million in Support, AgNet West, 12/06/21
• Livermore Valley wineries look to city to help draw more visitors, The East Bay Times, 12/06/21
• BLM Seeks to Withdraw Trump Administration’s Approval of California Desert Water Pipeline, Law Street, 12/06/21
• DWR Awards $26 Million in Drought Support to Small Communities, DWR, 12/06/21
• The American West went through climate hell in 2021. But there’s still hope, The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/21

November 2021

• State allocates $39.2 million for Friant Kern Canal repairs, The Porterville Reporter, 11/30/21
• Bureau of Reclamation Awards $9.9 Million to 31 Tribes for Drought Response Water Projects – California Tribes Receive Over $1.5 Million, Sierra Sun Times, 11/29/2021
• Slow it, spread it, sink it: Harvesting rainwater in your garden helps with drought recovery, Stockton Record, 11/25/2021
• ‘Everybody’s pumping.’ How California’s plan to conserve groundwater ran into a drought, The Sacramento Bee, 11/24/21
• Citing climate risks, California is denying fracking permits in droves, The San Francisco Chronicle, 11/23/2021
• Four valley groundwater plans fail to meet state standards – for now, Bakersfield.com, 11/22/21
• Video: Seizing the Drought, PPIC, 11/22/23
• Where is the water going?, SJV Water, 11/22/2021
• California drought unlikely to end this winter, The Press-Telegram, 11/22/2021
• Climate change fuels a water rights conflict built on over a century of broken promises, The Washington Post, 11/22/2021
• Calif.'s Central Valley groundwater may not recover from droughts, WaterWorld, 11/22/2021
• Rush is on to drought-proof California’s archaic water system, Courthouse News Service, 11/20/2021
• California Spent Decades Trying to Keep Central Valley Floods at Bay. Now it Looks to Welcome them Back, Western Water, 11/19/2021
• Calif. releases updated groundwater report, WaterWorld, 11/18/21
• CA Water Commission: State Water Project Drought Operations, Maven's Notebook, 11/17/21
• Priorities for California’s Water, Public Policy Institute, 11/17/21
• When It Rains, It Really Pours, The Anderson Valley Advertiser, 11/15/21
• Fallbrook Fights for 70 Years to Use Water From Nearby River, NBC San Diego, 11/15/21
• Helicopter flies large “hoop” over Ukiah Valley to measure groundwater basin, The Ukiah Daily Journal, 11/15/21
• WEIRD SCIENCE: The sky hoop will tell us about Ukiah Valley Basin’s groundwater aquifer, The Mendocino Voice, 11/13/2021
• In a disastrous drought, a grim milestone: California could see its first big reservoir run dry, The San Francisco Chronicle, 11/12/21
• Tiny Sacramento water district ‘flooded with public safety dangers,’ grand jury says, The Sacramento Bee, 11/11/21
• California agency sues 3M, others over groundwater contamination,
  Reuters, 11/09/2021 
• UC Davis researchers awarded $10 million to optimize groundwater, agricultural irrigation sustainability in long-term project, The California Aggie, 11/09/21
• DWR Awards Another $25 Million in Drought Relief for Small Communities, CA Department of Water Resources, 11/09/2021
• Conservation ethic allows Monterey Bay farmers to thrive during drought, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/08/2021
• Marin, Sonoma to create groundwater storage banks for future droughts, The Marin Independent Journal, 11/06/2021
• Family farms struggling as California drought worsens: ‘We haven’t faced anything like this', The Fresno Bee, 11/05/2021
• BLOG: Drought pushes California farmers and ranchers to adapt to a drier future, UCNAR, 11/04/2021
• Toxins Long Buried May Surface as Groundwater Rises, NBC News, 11/04/2021
• Reclamation announces public scoping for proposed Aquaterra Water Bank Project, USBR, 11/03/2021
• California Farm Town Lurches From No Water to Polluted Water, U.S. News and World Report, 11/02/21
• North Coast breathing easier after recent rains, but reservoirs still historically low, The Press-Democrat, 11/01/2021
• A California town refused to help its neighbors with water, Los Angeles Times, 11/01/2021
• How Drought Could Make Sea-Level Rise Worse, JSTOR Daily, 11/01/2021
• Can one atmospheric river end California’s drought?, California Water Blog, 11/01/21
• Study: Droughts may affect groundwater more than expected, ASCE, 11/01/21
• City, CSDs continue to cope with drought, The Tehachapi News, 11/01/21

October 2021

• OPINION: Farmers lose two skirmishes in California water war, CalMatters, 10/31/21
• Eastern completes new groundwater replenishment facility, California Water News Daily, 10/31/21
• Oceanside wastewater treatment plant preparing to open, ABC 10 News, 10/29/2021
• Climate challenges mount for California agriculture, Yale Climate Connections, 10/29/2021
• California’s Year Of Drought And Deluge Is A Preview Of Its Painful Climate Future, Buzzfeed News, 10/28/2021
• BLOG: Reasons for hope amid California’s drought, Stanford University, 10/27/21
• Water conservation is key in expanded California drought declaration, The Sun-Gazette, 10/27/21
• SGMA Implementation Grants Released by State, California Ag Today, 10/26/21
• Drought-stricken California faces rise in water theft by illegal marijuana farms, PBS News Hour, 10/26/21
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