ESA diagnostic finds technical debt in Sigma Online; recommends policy fixes and Las Posas pilot for data modernization
Environmental Science Associates told the board the GMA’s Sigma Online system has accumulated technical debt and that inconsistent policies and weak data‑quality standards limit adaptive groundwater management. ESA recommended near‑term policy fixes (data‑quality standards, ET cross‑checks, streamlined business rules) and a Las Posas pilot to validate migration costs and tools.
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Environmental Science Associates (ESA) presented a data diagnostic to the Fox Canyon board that identified three structural problems limiting the agency’s ability to move from reactive administration to adaptive groundwater management: complex and inconsistent allocation policies, accumulated technical debt in the Sigma Online database, and the absence of enforceable data‑quality standards for meter and telemetry reporting.
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