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Committee advances bill to fund watershed analyses to speed groundwater recharge permits
Summary
AB 2521 was moved to appropriations after the author said the bill would direct CCST to produce watershed-wide water-availability analyses that applicants could use to reduce costly permit data requirements (estimated at roughly $50,000 per application). Some members raised concerns about water-rights impacts for the San Joaquin Valley.
The committee advanced AB 2521 as amended to the Appropriations Committee. The bill directs the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) to complete watershed-wide water-availability analyses intended to provide baseline data that water-right applicants could use in recharge permitting applications.
The author said the change aims to lower the data and analytical…
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