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State board to vote on reducing extraction fees for probationary basins

March 13, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

On the eve of its first subbasin probationary hearing, the state Water Resources Control Board announced it will vote on whether to reduce a controversial groundwater extraction fee. The board will vote at its March 19 meeting on whether to cut the fee from $40 to $20-per-acre-foot for well owners in a subbasin placed on…

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Farmers in Tulare County to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

February 2, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically overtapped aquifers? Water managers in the Kaweah subbasin in northwestern Tulare County hope to find out by having farmers tinker with a pilot groundwater market program. Kaweah farmers will be joining growers from subbasins up and down the San Joaquin…

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“Surprised and overjoyed” groundwater managers in Madera rejoice at state’s approval of their plan to stabilize the region’s aquifer

December 22, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The Madera subbasin’s groundwater plan was approved by the state on Thursday much to the surprise of water managers and others throughout the valley. It was an unexpected win for groundwater agencies in light of the state’s rejection of six other San Joaquin Valley plans, which has put those subbasins on a trajectory for possible…

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Another San Joaquin Valley groundwater plan appears headed for rejection

March 29, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The Madera subbasin’s groundwater plan appears headed for state rejection after one of the region’s seven groundwater agencies refused to approve the most recent version of the plan. Madera Irrigation District (MID) was the one dissenting agency that did not approve the plan and blamed other groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) for delays and inaction. “Madera…

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State board to vote on reducing extraction fees for probationary basins

Farmers in Tulare County to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

“Surprised and overjoyed” groundwater managers in Madera rejoice at state’s approval of their plan to stabilize the region’s aquifer

Another San Joaquin Valley groundwater plan appears headed for rejection

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