California groundwater management, science-policy interfaces, and the legacies of artificial legal distinctions
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2019-04-25
Summary:
One of the many noteworthy features of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is that it requires local government agencies to consider and address the effects of groundwater management upon interconnected surface water. That requirement is an important step towards rationalizing California water management, which has long treated groundwater and surface water as separate resources. […]