Seminar Series | What you may not know about groundwater management in California with Ruth Langridge

Host: ENVS Personnel Committee

Groundwater is a critical source of California’s water supply. Many basins in critical overdraft are now being managed under the 2015 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) to support state goals of sustainable and equitable management. However, court adjudicated basins that encompass over 8,000 square miles and are home to nearly 11 million people, over 4 million of whom live in disadvantaged and economically vulnerable communities, are not managed under SGMA but under court judgments. The groundwater basins in the entire San Gabriel River Watershed and large areas of the Santa Ana Watershed in Southern California are adjudicated. Our research evaluated how management of these important groundwater basins under a court appointed Watermaster is aligned with state sustainability and equity goals as expressed in SGMA.

In person and on Zoom

Meeting ID:  949 5253 7079

Passcode: 552886