The Board approved a major overhaul of the water banking system, reducing previously banked water credits to just 53% of historical amounts due to basin losses, while implementing a new Water Accounting System. Staff announced plans to update the Groundwater Sustainability Plan by early 2027, potentially revising groundwater level thresholds as some western areas have exceeded current limits. Agricultural water use accounts for two-thirds of the basin's 303,000 annual acre-feet of...
