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Assembly committee advances bill to temporarily exempt small water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA reductions
Summary
The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife advanced AB 929, which would temporarily exempt historical groundwater amounts needed by small community water systems and managed wetlands from SGMA pumping reductions and fees while requiring groundwater sustainability plans to better account for those uses.
The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife advanced AB 929 on a party-line voice vote Friday, moving the bill to the Appropriations Committee after extended debate on protections for small water systems and managed wetlands.
AB 929, presented by Assemblymember Connolly, would temporarily exempt the amount of groundwater historically required to support small community water systems (systems with fewer than 3,000 connections) and to annually flood managed wetlands from pumping reductions and fines imposed under the Sustainable Groundwater Management…
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