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County Water Resources Agency details subgrant projects for Salinas Valley groundwater sustainability; ASR not viable alone
Summary
County Water Resources Agency staff told supervisors Oct. 28 that state subgrant funding has advanced planning and feasibility work for Castroville seawater intrusion reductions, canal alternatives tied to historic water rights and expanded groundwater monitoring, but an ASR option relying only on existing water rights was judged not viable.
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency (WRA) briefed the Board Oct. 28 on subgrant work being carried out in partnership with local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) under Department of Water Resources funding. Shauna Murray summarized activities funded by two DWR subgrant agreements (one beginning Sept. 2022, the other Jan. 2025) totaling roughly $3.7 million to the agency for planning, feasibility and staff support.
Murray described three buckets of work: (1) studies and capital improvements to optimize existing in‑lieu supply facilities such as the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP); (2) new project studies including investigation of irrigation‑in‑lieu alternatives and re‑use of…
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