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Board adopts resolution returning Chauchila Subbasin to local groundwater agencies
Summary
The State Water Resources Control Board adopted Resolution No. 5 to return the Chauchila Subbasin from state intervention to local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies after staff presentations, public comment and board discussion; staff will review updated materials on the DWR SGMA portal before issuing any final determinations.
The State Water Resources Control Board on an unspecified meeting date adopted Resolution No. 5 to return the Chauchila Subbasin from state intervention to local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs), board members announced after staff presentations and public comment.
Staff framed the action as the culmination of a multi-year SGMA (Sustainable Groundwater Management Act) review process. Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff described the basin’s history of over‑pumping, identified deficiencies in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) review — including insufficient consideration of domestic wells, groundwater-level thresholds and subsidence — and summarized agency revisions submitted to the DWR SGMA portal for re‑review.
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