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Allocation updates: Merced Subbasin GSA rule took effect Jan 1, 2026 after a 2025 test year; MIUGSA adopted a new 3-year 3.3 AF/ac allocation with carryover. All three GSAs adopted a domestic well mitigation program (retroactive to Jan 28, 2020); admin details still being built. WY2025 storage fell ~100,000 AF (likely below-normal).
The Budget & Finance Committee unanimously accepted the FY 2027 Work Plan report ahead of Board consideration and approved its February minutes. Staff proposed allocating some strategy and demand-management costs by sub-basin. As most grant funding ends, the draft budget shifts some costs to regulatory fees. Projected total domestic-connection fees could roughly double in Langley and more than triple in Monterey; budget and fee approvals remain pending.
Golden mussels have spread into Metropolitan facilities; control measures are underway but some sites (e.g., Live Oak) may be 12–18 months from protection. Directors asked for Camp for Water portfolio clarity ahead of the April budget timeline. Staff outlined ICER to coordinate reliability efforts feeding into Camp for Water.
The committee discussed Item 8-1 and heard a motion and second to defer authorization of the pilot, requesting more detail on equity, scalability, and barriers to MET running direct-install programs. Staff gave a CAMP for Water quarterly update and directors emphasized reliability and affordability.
Modeling presented to the 180/400-Ft and East Side committees showed that ending all agricultural pumping valley-wide would not meet the 2040 seawater intrusion threshold. Staff discussed injection and extraction; no project was selected. DWR sought information on projects, schedules, demand management, groundwater storage and water quality by April 30. Staff warned that deeper pumping could worsen groundwater-level problems.
