Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Walnuts (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their walnut crop’s health.

October 20, 2026

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Vineyards (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their vineyard’s health.

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Pistachios (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their pistachio crop’s health.

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Pasture (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their pasture’s health.

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Annual Crops When Fallow (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their crop’s health.

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Almonds (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their almond crop’s health.

Groundwater Recharge Crop Health Guidance: Alfalfa (2026)

This guidance document will help growers conduct on-farm recharge while protecting their alfalfa crop’s health.

Turlock: Groundwater Recharge Program Guidance and Recommendations (2026)

The East and West Turlock Subbasin GSAs jointly manage a basin where surface water is plentiful on the west side but groundwater decline is concentrated on the east. This memo describes how the two GSAs divided responsibility through strategies like in-lieu recharge, demand reduction, and a replenishment water agreement. It also offers guidance for building…

Kaweah RapidGRAT (2026)

This technical memo estimates the maximum recharge possible through canal seepage, recharge basins, and on-farm recharge across the Consolidated Water District’s roughly 80,000 acres in the Greater Kaweah GSA. It introduces RapidGRAT, a faster, simplified version of the Groundwater Recharge Assessment Tool (GRAT) that shows districts what they could achieve in a wet year like…

Yolo District Recharge Guidance (2026)

Sustainable Conservation worked with the Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District to expand its decades-old canal recharge program onto agricultural lands. This memo describes the District’s grower incentives, including reimbursement for field setup costs and free or discounted winter water. It also covers a simplified prioritization map that helps identify fields where recharge…

Flow-Through Basins Report (2026)

Flow-through basins are small basins beside creeks and rivers that capture flood flows, let water soak into the ground, and return the excess to the stream. This report covers design, site selection, permitting, and funding, with examples from an irrigation district and a GSA.

Ecological Recharge Basins: Three Case Studies (2026)

Three San Joaquin Valley recharge basins that also support wildlife: a large water bank operating for 30 years, a small basin managed by a land trust, and a privately owned basin still in planning. Each case study covers how the basin is designed, managed, permitted, and funded.