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State Water Board staff presses Mid Kings GSA on subsidence BMPs and modeling; consultants warn of added time and cost
Summary
Consultants told the Mid Kings GSA board that State Water Board staff asked the GSAs to address recently finalized DWR land-subsidence best-management practices, which requires modeling and coordination with infrastructure owners and may add months and cost; the consultant said GSAs will seek to quantify time and cost before returning to the board.
Amir Hussain, an engineering consultant with Jacinta Consultants, told the Mid Kings River GSA board on Feb. 17 that State Water Board staff reviewed the GSAs’ policies and requested additional work on sustainable management criteria and a newly finalized Department of Water Resources land-subsidence best-management practices (BMP) document.
"They made it very clear to us that this... is the way that they want this to occur," Amir said, describing state staff as seeking detailed modeling to show how…
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