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Riverbank staff outlines Modesto Subbasin groundwater plan; residents and farmers warn of potential costs
Summary
City staff explained Riverbank's role in the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers Groundwater Basin Alliance and the status of the local Groundwater Sustainability Plan. Public commenters, including local farmers and business owners, urged vigilance about possible future costs and urged Council advocacy at regional meetings.
Cody Bridgewater, Riverbank’s director of public works, told the City Council the city is part of the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers Groundwater Basin Alliance (STIRGBA), which formed to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 and to prepare a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Modesto Subbasin.
Bridgewater said the Modesto Subbasin is a high-priority basin and listed possible “undesirable results” from overuse — chronic lowering of groundwater levels, reduced storage, degraded water quality, land subsidence and depletion of interconnected surface waters. He said the city and partner…
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