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Board adopts updated SB 552 water shortage and contingency plan; advocates urge clearer outreach and consolidation steps
Summary
Tulare County supervisors approved an update to the county's SB 552 water shortage and contingency plan that incorporates Department of Water Resources tools and uses grant funds to improve a private well database; community advocates urged the county to add clearer outreach steps, identify consolidation projects and pursue local funding.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted 4–0 on Sept. 9 to approve updates to the county's SB 552 water shortage and contingency plan, a drought-preparedness statute passed in 2021 that requires local governments to adopt plans describing actions during water shortages.
Denise England, grants and resources manager for the Resource Management Agency, told the board Tulare County was the first county in California to adopt a plan in 2023 and has since used a $125,000 Department of Water Resources grant to incorporate…
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