August 22, 2022 – Kings River Conservation District

GROUNDWATER PERMIT BILL INTERFERES WITH LOCAL CONTROL OF GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY

Advocacy, Latest BlogBy Megan Powers August 22, 2022

The groundwater extraction permit bill AB 2201, introduced by Assembly Member Bennett from the Santa Barbara area, will have a damaging impact on growers and communities in the Central Valley and is redundant to the Executive Order issued by the Governor in response to the drought. Assembly Bill 2201 will have a damaging impact on…

Kings and Tulare Lake Subbasins Revise GSPs in Response to State’s Comments

SGMABy Megan Powers August 22, 2022

In January of this year, the Kings and Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) were notified by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) that their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) were incomplete. DWR identified several deficiencies in the GSPs. Below is a summary of the responses to DWR’s identified deficiencies in the Kings and Tulare…