A recommendation to toss out a restriction for how far groundwater can be moved out of the South Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) will be considered at the board’s next meeting on June 18. The recommendation was made during the board’s May 21 meeting after South Fork was repeatedly threatened with a lawsuit by John Vidovich, who controls Sandridge Partners, a large landowner in the GSA. The export restriction, which limits movement of groundwater pumped out of South Fork to within one mile of its boundaries, is part of the GSA’s allocation policy, or how much growers can pump.

Other groundwater news:

• The San Luis Obispo Tribune (Calif.): New fee will charge Paso Robles farmers for water they used last year
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