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Board returns Kaweah Subbasin to DWR after GSAs address key SGMA deficiencies
Summary
After a multi‑year intervention and revised 2024 Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the board unanimously voted to return the Kaweah Subbasin to Department of Water Resources jurisdiction, while listing follow‑up recommendations on monitoring, subsidence, groundwater quality, and mitigation.
The State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously on Dec. 2 to return the Kaweah Subbasin to the Department of Water Resources’ jurisdiction under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), concluding a period of state intervention that began after DWR found the 2022 GSPs inadequate.
Board staff led by Natalie Stork and Brianna Saint Pierre reviewed the history: DWR’s March 2023 determination initiated intervention; the three Groundwater…
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