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A January state hearing will consider whether to revisit the Kings River’s fully appropriated stream status and related flood-flow applications. The district is developing recharge guidance with two ditch companies and a groundwater sustainability agency. Staff and counsel are reviewing deliveries near service boundaries; the board adopted no new boundary policy.
The Finance and Administration Committee recommended FY 2026-27 groundwater monitoring fees for non-de minimis wells, while requesting a comparison of broader quality-fee sharing and consideration of a small fee for de minimis owners. Members raised agricultural cost-sharing and duplicate-data concerns. The committee also recommended a grazing-lease amendment, approved the consent calendar and received two financial reports. Billing is expected in early 2027; a one-time grant covered last year’s fees.
The Stakeholder Committee recommended certified meters for all wells by the end of the 2026–27 water year and a penalty of up to $10,000 per well, subject to board action. Staff proposed mailing local extraction bills around December 1, 2026, due at the end of January 2027. State GEARS fees were estimated at $300 per well and $20 per acre-foot, pending confirmation. Staff is drafting a Friant-Kern Canal subsidence plan; no allocation change was adopted.
The board approved its 2027 meeting calendar. DMC subsidence Task 1 remains on schedule and on budget; the latest approved invoice placed progress at 35.7% of the overall budget, not physical completion. Golden mussels delayed O’Neill maintenance by a week and added about $25,000 in contractor costs. Low Delta inflows and salinity intrusion are limiting south Delta pumping. Staff expects to bring a proposed Task 2A price to the board around January.
A slide blocks downstream Ione Canal flow. Crews built a temporary cattle-water supply as staff scopes possible full abandonment; long-term service remains unresolved. Mule Creek Prison’s roughly 2 million gallons of storage are offline; the 1985 agreement requires the agency to supply it. Staff seeks tank repairs and models supply options. Tanner Clearwell bidding targets January 2027; the $6.9 million Buckhorn main and Tank D project targets an April 2027 start.
