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Agency update: $3.7M in DWR subgrant funding supports Castro seawater project and monitoring; larger capital projects remain conceptual
Summary
Water Resources Agency staff said local GSAs have received about $3.7 million in Department of Water Resources subgrant support for planning, feasibility and monitoring; capital projects such as Castro Seawater Intrusion Project enhancements and storage alternatives were presented but construction funding is not yet secured.
Shawna Murray presented the Water Resources Agency’s Oct. 28 update on subgrant work with local Salinas Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs). Murray said two grant agreements (one since Sept. 2022 and a second since Jan. 2025) have yielded about $3.7 million in funding to the agency to support staff participation, project planning and feasibility work.
Murray described three ‘‘buckets’’ of activity: (1) optimizations and enhancements of existing…
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