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It will be a year of big aspirations for solving Salinas Valley water woes.
Local Spin | Opinion

It will be a year of big aspirations for solving Salinas Valley water woes.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 15, 2026

How many committees and subcommittees does it take to make peace in the world of Salinas Valley water politics?

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  • Dec 25, 2025

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  • Dec 11, 2025

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A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.
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A multi-agency agreement offers a hopeful moment for groundwater.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Dec 4, 2025

For all the years of hydrological studies and analysis of water supply, it sometimes feels like we are still in a world of magical thinking as…

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  • Nov 13, 2025

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Two agencies are working on ways to make groundwater sustainable.
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Two agencies are working on ways to make groundwater sustainable.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 17, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about water. The transparent liquid is key to our survival, yet it is so cumbersome to understand all of its intr…

A comprehensive study of unsustainable groundwater pumping in the county is cause for alarm.
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A comprehensive study of unsustainable groundwater pumping in the county is cause for alarm.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 16, 2024

On May 9, staff from the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency presented its board a long-awaited study about the so-called D…

Growers and environmental groups clash over how to regulate groundwater.
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Growers and environmental groups clash over how to regulate groundwater.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 13, 2023

Some facts about groundwater in the Central Coast are not in dispute. For example: It’s groundwater – stored in subterranean aquifers, rather …

Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Basin Sustainability Agency announces new statewide tool to report dry residential wells.
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Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Basin Sustainability Agency announces new statewide tool to report dry residential wells.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 3, 2023

The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, in coordination with the State Department of Water Resources, is spreading the wor…

Pumping of the deep aquifer, which holds ancient water, has intensified in recent years. And it’s bad.
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Pumping of the deep aquifer, which holds ancient water, has intensified in recent years. And it’s bad.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 11, 2022

What if the water coming out of your tap, or the water irrigating the produce you eat, was mined from an ancient water source from when woolly…

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