Farmers in southeastern Tulare County left hanging after their old groundwater agency disintegrated have new leadership but their path forward will not be easy. … The new Tule East GSA was created from lands left behind as water districts fled the Eastern Tule GSA. The exodus began after the state Water Resources Control Board put the region on probation in 2024 and specifically called out Eastern Tule for continued subsidence and what it said were “alarming” groundwater accounting methods. … As Eastern Tule fell apart, a new organization had to take on responsibility for those white lands. [Mike] George, a representative of Ducor Water District, was sworn in as chair of the new GSA Sept. 15 with about 20 landowners in attendance. 

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