Escalon Times13h
San Joaquin River integral to Central Valley life
The 1,760-square-mile San Joaquin River Basin that the San Joaquin River and its web of tributaries provides with snowmelt ...
SJV Water on MSN18h
Three troubled San Joaquin Valley subbasins may band together to tackle widespread sinking
Water managers in the Tulare Lake, Tule and the Kaweah subbasins are discussing the possibility of creating a regional ...
The Record18h
‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: Long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
Gov. Newsom's planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of noise, pollution and traffic.
Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA's study
Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...
Marin Independent Journal1dOpinion
Editorial: Sinking areas of Marin need constructive strategy, practical plan
The study on preparing Bay Area communities for rising sea levels says Marin faces $17 billion in expenses to build adaptive ...
Smithsonian Magazine7d
Parts of California Are Sinking, and It Could Worsen the Effects of Sea-Level Rise, NASA Study Finds
The ground in many parts of the state—including Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Central Valley—is subsiding due to groundwater withdrawal, landslides and compacting of sediment ...
Times Union14d
Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow
(An acre-foot of water is enough to submerge one acre of land a foot deep.) The effort has had some success. In 2023, San Joaquin ... subsidence has accelerated, with much of the valley floor ...
Associated Press14d
Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow
(An acre-foot of water is enough to submerge one acre of land a ... in the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast, another region with depleted groundwater. In downtown San Jose, groundwater overdraft ...