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Riverbank joins Modesto Subbasin groundwater-use program; council seeks safeguards for ratepayers
Summary
City staff presented the Modesto Subbasin Groundwater Use Management Program under SGMA and council approved a resolution to participate in the GSA process while asking staff to attach a memo requesting a North Nondistrict West work group, outreach schedule, and oversight committees to protect Riverbank ratepayers; council approved 5-0.
Public works director Cody Bridgewater told the council the groundwater use management program responds to an incomplete determination from the Department of Water Resources and implements SGMA requirements for the Modesto Subbasin. "The purpose of the groundwater use management plan is to respond to the Department of Water Resources incomplete determination letter by arresting groundwater level declines and stopping overdraft," Bridgewater said.
Bridgewater summarized that…
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