Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released by the Department of Water Resources on Thursday. The guidelines provide some basic, but pointed, advice on how San Joaquin Valley groundwater managers can best stop, slow or even reverse subsidence, which a 2014 report shows had cost billions of dollars up to that time in history. Managers should put more water, lots more, into withered aquifers to bring land elevations back up, according to the new guidelines. … One groundwater agency or water district can’t fix the problem without help from surrounding districts, the new guidelines state.

Other groundwater news:

• SJV Water (Bakersfield, Calif.): Lemoore farmers unhappy with lack of representation on groundwater agency
• Chico Enterprise-Record (Calif.): Consultants make recommendations for local subbasins
• Paso Robles Daily News (Calif.): Paso Robles Area Groundwater Authority releases water data for proposed charge
• Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): Public comments being taken on groundwater management practices