Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Groundwater authority receives 2025 annual report showing pumping well above sustainable yield
Summary
The Groundwater Authority received the 2025 water‑year annual report showing estimated pumping of about 20,200 acre‑feet, roughly 2.6 times the basin’s stated sustainable yield of 7,650 acre‑feet, and a six‑year estimated storage loss of about 18,000 acre‑feet. Staff said monitoring sites remain above minimal thresholds and projects remain on a path to implement remedies.
Heather, an engineer with Stson Engineering, told the board the annual report covering Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025, estimates total pumping in water year 2025 at about 20,200 acre‑feet and a six‑year cumulative storage loss of roughly 18,000 acre‑feet. The report compares measured levels at representative monitoring sites against the Groundwater Sustainability Plan’s sustainable management criteria and finds those sites remain above the minimum thresholds, so the report’s authors did not identify 'undesirable…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
