Probation under SGMA will cost the region, farmers say
Farmers in the critically overdrafted Tulare Lake Subbasin in the San Joaquin Valley are bracing for escalating costs as state and local agencies assess fees on wells and groundwater pumped. For the first time, the California State Water Resources Control Board last week placed the subbasin on probationary status as part of regulations under the state’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA. … Kings County Farm Bureau Executive Director Dusty Ference said new state and local groundwater-related fees will impact farmers and communities.
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