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Tulare County water commission: well permits down to 72 in 2025; staff drafting urgency ordinance to preserve GSA input
Summary
Commission received a drought update reporting 72 well permits in 2025 and 257 drought-related households in the county’s bottled-water program. Staff described a draft urgency ordinance to preserve GSA input on well permits after the governor rescinded an earlier executive order.
Tulare County Water Commission staff reported that well-permitting activity has declined for 2025 and described ongoing drought-assistance enrollments and a draft county urgency ordinance intended to preserve Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) input on well permits.
At the meeting staff said well permits for the calendar year 2025 have declined to 72. In the county’s drought-related bottled-water program staff reported 257 households were enrolled for drought-related reasons; staff said the program’s remaining enrollments were due to contamination issues rather than drought. The staff member said the county did not receive updated Self-Help…
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