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Fresno State study examines how water recharge could help or harm disadvantaged communities on a regional scale

August 27, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

A study examining the benefits and drawbacks of building groundwater recharge basins near rural communities is underway in Merced, Madera, Tulare and Fresno counties. The two-year study is a spinoff of an earlier feasibility study focused solely on Fresno County, and both are spearheaded by the California Water Institute at Fresno State University. “Floodplains and…

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Dairies in Tulare and Kings counties still struggling with damage in wake of last year’s flooding

January 19, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

When flood water swamped dairies in Tulare and Kings counties last spring, it destroyed equipment, drowned crops and left a trail of salt-laden muck that farmers are still grappling with. The ongoing damage is so bad, some dairies may never recover. The biggest problem is the loss of crops and cropland. Farmers lost an entire…

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Drought has desperate ranchers asking: “Can I feed tomorrow?”

July 20, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

California may only be one year into the drought, but its toll feels much bigger to San Joaquin Valley livestock operators. “It’s as bad as we’ve seen it in probably 15 years,” said Andrée Soares, president of Star Creek Land Stewards, Inc. “Animals have to be fed 24 hours a day, seven days a week….

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Fresno State study examines how water recharge could help or harm disadvantaged communities on a regional scale

Dairies in Tulare and Kings counties still struggling with damage in wake of last year’s flooding

Drought has desperate ranchers asking: “Can I feed tomorrow?”

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