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Board adopts groundwater-management fees for Cosumnes and Solano subbasins to fund SGMA compliance
Summary
The Sacramento County Board unanimously adopted updated groundwater fees for the Cosumnes (Kasumnes) and Solano subbasins on July 22 to fund Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) implementation and monitoring.
Sacramento County's Board of Supervisors on July 22 approved amended ordinances establishing local fees to fund groundwater sustainability work in two subbasins: the Cosumnes (Kasumnes) subbasin and the Solano subbasin.
What the board approved: Staff presented fee studies and public outreach results and recommended ordinances to set two new or amended fees. For the Cosumnes (Kasumnes) subbasin, the amended fee structure adds a groundwater-base parcel fee and a public-water-supplier pumping fee, building on a $10-per-irrigated-acre baseline; the updated structure…
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