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New whitepaper offers helpful guidance for local leaders and stakeholders on how to ease the transition and repurpose lands to create a more resilient future. The post Report provides guidance on repurposing California farmland to benefit water, landowners, communities and wildlife first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF guide to advancing strategic land repurposing and groundwater sustainability in California

EDF provides guidance for how the San Joaquin Valley can transform into a region with a thriving agricultural economy, sustainable groundwater supplies.

World Water Day is a time to come together as a global community to reflect on the importance of water and its value to people and ecosystems — to celebrate collective victories advancing water stewardship and to draw attention to the change still needed. Nearly 1 million people lack access to clean, safe and affordable …

Flyer for Water Leadership Institute, which will help community members in California learn about their local water resources and develop leadership skills. 

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 15, 2021

Here are three key takeaways from how the Hays Trinity district is proactively managing groundwater to protect its long-term viability and landowners’ rights to groundwater. The post 3 lessons from a Texas groundwater district on managing during drought first appeared on Growing Returns.

Case study from Environmental Defense Fund of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District in Texas.

We’re past the midpoint of the Texas legislative session and the bill filing deadline is behind us. Because the legislature only meets for five months every other year, there’s a lot to accomplish in a short span. Now, as things pick up steam we’ll see which bills move forward and which don’t. A bill needs …

Water scarcity is a challenge facing many Texas communities, and it’s encouraging to see how many state leaders are proactively exploring solutions to our growing water needs. This has brought the oil and gas industry and the massive volumes of water it uses and produces each year into the conversation. One positive opportunity area exists …

These steps toward more sustainable groundwater management would go a long way to ensuring Texas’ economy, natural resources and livelihoods will continue to thrive as our population increases and droughts intensify in years to come. The post 5 challenges to sustainable groundwater management in Texas and how to tackle them first appeared on Growing Returns.

Three groundwater bills Arizona lawmakers should pass to ensure a secure future for rural communities. The post How to advance water security for Arizona? These 3 bills are a good start. first appeared on Growing Returns.

The Biden administration named Tanya Trujillo to serve as principal deputy assistant secretary for water and science at the Department of the Interior.

This first in a series of workshops on California’s first open-source water accounting and trading platform explains how the platform works and its accounting, trading and scenario planning features. It features speakers from EDF, Rosedale-Rio Bravo, Sitka and Olsson.

EDF press statement on U.S. House passage of Water Resources Development Act reauthorization for 2020.

This EDF report provides an overview of the groundwater landscape in Texas, identifying five of the most important challenges to holistic, proactive groundwater management for the state.

This report, with the input of a diverse group of experienced professionals, provides an overview of the groundwater landscape in Texas.

This report outlines 5 major groundwater management challenges facing Texas to build meaningful advances to more sustainable groundwater management.

The OpenET project incorporates use cases to highlight the important ways that more accessible evapotranspiration (ET) data can encourage and benefit sustainable land and water management and drive greater adoption.

EDF partnered with leading experts to develop a law review article, published in the Journal of Environmental Law, that takes a deep dive into the relationship between California's SGMA and groundwater rights.

EDF and partners will develop OpenET to enable U.S. farmers and water managers to track water consumption using data from satellites and weather stations.

As California faces an unpredictable water future, policy makers and water managers across the state are seeking solutions to build resilience into our water supply system. Groundwater recharge is an excellent tool to replenish depleted aquifers and bank water for future use. In addition to helping water managers balance their water budget, groundwater recharge also provides an opportunity to create habitat for wildlife. This guide highlights recharge basin management strategies that create wildlife habitat and provide operational benefits to basin managers.

Statement from Maurice Hall on Newsom administration framework for Central Valley Bay-Delta water agreement.

Statement from Ann Hayden on deadline for groundwater sustainability plans under the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

EDF statement from Maurice Hall on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's release of a 2020 draft water resilience portfolio.