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Governance for Groundwater Sustainability

Michael Kiparsky - Associate Director, Law

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

California faces major challenges with groundwater governance. Groundwater is a crucial source of water for Californians, but Californians are pumping more groundwater than is naturally replenished. That leads to growing aquifer depletion, particularly in the San Joaquin Valley, with a variety of negative human health, environmental, and economic consequences. Some...

 Social Sciences   Environmental Issues

Is California On-Track to Sufficiently Finance Groundwater Management?

Michael Kiparsky - Associate Director, Law

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This law tasks local government agencies with developing and implementing groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) to achieve sustainable groundwater management within their groundwater basins. Among other things, GSPs explain what management actions local agencies will take to achieve sustainability (for example...

 Social Sciences   Environmental Issues

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