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Madera-area GSAs adopt groundwater demand-management measures and refine dry-well mitigation program
Summary
The board (as GSA directors) adopted a groundwater demand-management and subsidence mitigation program designed to meet state requirements, and approved refinements to the dry-well/domestic well mitigation program (including allowing plumbing and electrical costs under a $35,000 cap and outreach measures); the GSA also moved $122,565 for reimbursements.
County staff and consulting engineer John Davids briefed the board on a groundwater demand-management program and subsidence mitigation measures developed for the Chowchilla Subbasin. The program was prepared to provide a backstop if projects and management actions do not halt overdraft or subsidence, staff said.
"If you fall above 1 foot of cumulative subsidence, that's the amount of cumulative subsidence that we have defined for the period of 2025 through 2030, you're in trouble," Davids said, describing the program's trigger thresholds and the…
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