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Mid Kings River GSA adopts subsidence management policy with staged triggers and reporting requirements
Summary
The Mid Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency approved a subsidence management policy establishing grid-based monitoring with staged actions (meters and reporting at 40%, corrective orders at 50%, allocation reductions at 75%, and pumping prohibitions at 100%) to address land subsidence; the measure passed 4–0 with one member absent.
The Mid Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency on Nov. 18 approved a subsidence management policy that sets monitoring thresholds and enforceable responses aimed at limiting land subsidence across the GSA.
The board unanimously approved the resolution in a 4–0 vote with one member absent. Supervisor Rusty Robinson moved the measure and the roll call showed Doug Verboone, Rusty Robinson, Robert Thayer and Kimber Regan voting in favor.
The policy establishes a Jan. 1, 2020 baseline and divides the GSA into two-section-by-two-section grids to track cumulative subsidence. The maximum allowable subsidence varies by grid (roughly 4 to 7 feet depending on location). The policy creates…
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