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Merced Supervisor Urges State to Let Delta Mendota Implement Groundwater Plan
Summary
Merced County Supervisor Scott Silvera told the State Water Resources Control Board that the Delta Mendota Subbasin’s locally developed groundwater sustainability plan should be implemented in full, citing 21.5% county poverty, collaboration among 23 GSAs and investments in recharge and storage.
Scott Silvera, Merced County supervisor for District 5, told the State Water Resources Control Board during public comment that the Delta Mendota Subbasin should be allowed to implement its locally developed groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) rather than be subject to state takeover. Silvera said the plan balances the needs of disadvantaged residents, agriculture and the environment and warned that state intervention should remain a last-resort backstop.
Silvera noted that Merced County has a poverty rate of 21.5%, “more than double the state average,” and argued affordable, reliable water is essential for his constituents and local farms. He told the board that 23 separate…
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