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SGMA implementation and fee collection complicated by court action; DWR asks for temporary fund swap authority
Summary
Department of Water Resources staff summarized basin probation and oversight work connected to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act; because of a court challenge that has suspended fee collection in a probationary basin, DWR asked permission to use Underground Storage Tank Fund authority to maintain staff and program continuity.
The subcommittee reviewed implementation status for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and a Department of Water Resources request related to staffing and fee collection in basins subject to state intervention.
DWR staff described the agency—s role as the backstop under SGMA. They said several basins have been determined "inadequate" and the State Water Board has exercised probationary oversight in at…
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