Thursday Top of the Scroll: State water board approves boost in rates for 2024-25
To meet budgetary shortfalls for water rights and water quality programs that require participation by farmers and ranchers, the California State Water Resources Control Board has approved rate increases, including for groundwater recharge projects. The state water board adopted increases for the new 2024-25 fee schedule at its Sept. 18 meeting. The higher fees come as California water users and local agencies work to balance critically overdrafted aquifers under the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA. Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau, and others representing agriculture and water districts emphasized that higher fees for groundwater recharge permits would prevent participation by some water users.
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