Groundwater pumping was never regulated, and its mining continued until the Drought raised the threat of long-term, irreversible damage. That spurred the passage in 2014 of theSustainable Groundwater ManagementAct (SGMA, or “Sigma”). Sigma aims first to halt the mining of groundwater and then...
As things stand now, there will be a $10 billion bond to construct “dams, regional water projects, and ecosystem restoration”, $3 billion of which goes to build dams at Temperance Flat and Sites, and to expand Los Vaqueros Dam near Livermore. Unlike every other water project in state ...