Another valley groundwater subbasin will likely escape state intervention
The Delta-Mendota subbasin, one of the largest in California, will likely avoid state enforcement. Staff from the state Water Resources Control Board issued an assessment March 2 that recommends the basin, which stretches over 765,000 acres across six counties, return to the oversight of the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The state Water Board will consider the recommendation at its April 7 board meeting. … In its assessment, Water Board staff determined that Delta-Mendota’s 2024 revised Groundwater Sustainability Plan made significant progress resolving deficiencies that sent the basin into the state’s intervention process in 2023 per the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
Other groundwater and agriculture news:
- FreshPlaza: California groundwater limits force almond orchard removals
- GVWire (Fresno, Calif.): Agave and fallowing – water uncertainty changes Westlands farming profile
- Environmental Defense Fund: Blog: California multibenefit land repurposing program surpasses 4,800 acres of projects
