A helicopter tows an AEM ring to scan groundwater basins. (photo: Department of Water Resources) The latest buzzword in California water policy is Flood-MAR, or flood-managed aquifer recharge. While ...

The San Joaquin Valley recently received some good news about its groundwater: We are replenishing more of it whenever we have the chance. Comparing two recent wet years — 2017 to 2023 — the volume of ...

A Turlock orchard demonstrates on-farm recharge. (photo: California Natural Resources Agency) Farmers recharging their groundwater may be able to benefit from their banked supplies during periods of ...

A helicopter drags a hoop used to send and receive electromagnetic signals into the earth above Pine Flat Dam. The process is used to search for ancient river channels for better groundwater recharge.

California’s State Water Resources Control Board issued the last of nine groundwater recharge permits for this wet season, ...