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Madera County GSA committee recommends domestic‑well mitigation rules, funds and program management contract
Summary
The Madera County GSA committee recommended a letter to the state and draft rules creating a domestic well mitigation program that would reimburse homeowners up to $35,000 for replacement wells or connection to community water. Staff recommended contracting Davis Engineering to run the program (not-to-exceed ~$514,000).
The Madera County Groundwater Sustainability Agency committee on Nov. 12 recommended next steps to implement a domestic well mitigation program for the Madera Subbasin, approving staff’s approach to a formal letter to the California Department of Water Resources and backing draft program rules that outline eligibility, limits and outreach.
Staff presented rules that would make landowners inside the Madera Subbasin and Madera County GSA boundaries eligible if a domestic well has gone dry or been damaged by subsidence attributable to declining groundwater. Assistance would be a one-time mitigation payment recorded on the property deed to avoid duplicate funding. The draft program offers up to $35,000 per property for drilling a replacement well or to connect a household to a community water system; staff said that eligibility may also…
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