In this issue: 

Summary of GRA’s Solid Steps Forward, Boundary Determination, Legal Agreements and Public Participation Workshop

  1. Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
  2. Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)
  3. Outreach
  4. Basin boundaries
  5. Drought
  6. Stakeholder
  7. Sustainable yield
  8. Memorandums of Agreements (MOAs)
  9. Joint Powers Agreements (JPAs)
  10. Adjudications
  11. Data management
  12. Communication
  13. Facilitation

Contemporary Groundwater Issues Council 2015 Workshops: Examining SGMA Issues and Providing Feedback to DWR and SWRCB

  1. Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
  2. Implementation
  3. Groundwater Sustainability Agencies
  4. Groundwater Sustainability Plan regulations
  5. Stakeholder
  6. Local agencies
  7. Basins
  8. Best Management Practices (BMPs)
  9. Data Collection

Wells and Words - Is a water well that won’t pump water really a “dry well”?

  1. Drought
  2. Dry hole
  3. Economically
  4. Declining water levels
  5. Clogging
  6. Drawdown
  7. Maintenance

Chemist Corner - Environmental Alternatives for Alternative Energy

  1. Fossil fuels
  2. Sustainable sources
  3. Ethanol production
  4. Solar power
  5. Biomass
  6. Geothermal energy
  7. Nuclear power
  8. Power from nuclear fusion

HydroVisions Fall 2015, Volume 24, Number 3