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Board approves small‑pumper reporting exclusion in Tulare Lake subbasin with export restriction
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a staff recommendation April 7 to exclude small pumpers (≤20 acre‑feet/year) from probationary reporting and fees in the Tulare Lake subbasin, but added language restricting the exemption for anyone who exports groundwater outside the basin following concerns about fairness and canal export corridors.
The State Water Resources Control Board on April 7 approved a staff‑recommended "minimal‑impact" exclusion for small groundwater pumpers in the Tulare Lake subbasin, exempting persons who pump up to 20 acre‑feet per year from the probationary reporting and fee requirements. The board added a restriction at the meeting limiting the exemption to pumpers who do not export groundwater outside the subbasin.
Staff analysis showed about 44 percent of extractors in the Tulare Lake subbasin pump 20 acre‑feet…
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