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Yolo County keeps ag-well moratorium, directs staff to draft meter requirement and vetted hydrogeologist list
Summary
After a technical staff update and public input, the Yolo County Board directed staff to draft an amendment requiring meters on new ag wells, to develop an RFQ for a vetted list of hydrogeologists, and to return with recommendations this summer; the board kept the temporary moratorium in place through Aug. 25, 2026.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on April 28 accepted staff recommendations to keep the county's moratorium on new agricultural (ag) well permits in focus areas and to direct staff to develop an ordinance requiring meters on new wells and an RFQ process to create a vetted list of qualified hydrogeologists.
County environmental health director April Menaghedi told the board the moratorium began with Urgency Ordinance 1576 and was later extended by Ordinance 1577; staff convened an Ag Well Working Group and surveyed participants, receiving 28 responses on key topics such as metering, additional hydrogeologic review and whether crop conversions should be regulated. "A majority of the respondents supported requiring meters on new ag wells," Menaghedi said, noting many responses favored making new systems "meter-ready" even if immediate metering was not required.
The recommendation to draft a metering amendment grew from the working-group feedback and…
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