The holiday season in the Kaweah subbasin got a little more jolly thanks to its formal removal from the state’s groundwater enforcement process on Tuesday. The state Water Resources Control Board passed a resolution at its Dec. 2 meeting that officially ended the threat of state intervention for the Kaweah subbasin, which covers the northern part of Tulare County’s flatlands and a portion of Kings County. It will continue to work under Department of Water Resources oversight to implement plans to reduce excessive groundwater pumping.

Other groundwater news:

• SJV Water (Bakersfield, Calif.): Growers eager for “lifeline” being offered by state farmland transition program
• KCBX (San Luis Obispo, Calif.): Paso Robles Authority moves forward on groundwater plan as wells continue to fail