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Committee refines flow-meter rules, extends calibration window and clarifies missing-data policy
Summary
The committee approved refinements to the GSA's privately owned flow-meter rules, including a longer calibration window tied to the calendar year, clarified requirements for backup meters and meter-failure documentation, and a missing-data threshold that can move a farm unit to satellite measurement after two missing months.
The Madera County GSA Committee voted to recommend that the Board of Directors adopt refinements to the agency's flow-meter rules for privately owned and operated groundwater flow meters used as a primary measurement method.
Staff described the proposed refinements as clarifications and procedural fixes to improve meter performance, data quality and grower compliance. Key refinements presented included requiring monthly meter reads to be submitted between the first and tenth of the month with a grace period to the twentieth; clarifying that allocation reports cannot be issued if data are not received by the twentieth; stating that missing two months of usable data in…
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