New Tulare County groundwater agency picks through rubble of the past for what might work in the future
Board members of the nascent Tule East groundwater agency spent their second meeting setting up basics but with an eye on the clock and a sensitive ear to what didn’t work in the past. The Tule East Joint Powers Authority Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), will take over governance of so-called “white lands” from the embattled Eastern Tule GSA. … Meanwhile, Tule East board members are facing a herculean task to get organized and come up with a new groundwater plan to present to the Water Resources Control Board, which placed the entire Tule subbasin on probation last fall for lacking a plan that would stem subsidence, among other deficiencies.
Other groundwater news across the West:
- SJV Water (Bakersfield, Calif.): Forum to explore link between groundwater pumping and subsidence
- KOLD/13News (Phoenix): New hope for recharging water supply
- Valley Voice (Ivanhoe, Calif.): Opinion: Ground water and land subsidence – a pending crisis?
