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The board adopted a CVP Performance Framework; south-of-Delta agricultural allocations averaged about 36% over 15 years. Staff reported more golden mussels at Walter Wasteway, discussed roughly $1 million as a baseline operating budget for Authority facilities next fiscal year, and plans to submit a control plan by mid-November. Delta-Mendota Canal subsidence work looked nearly half complete in the field, and concrete liner placement began.
Without a quorum, the board took no votes; Chair Jay Boatwright appointed a committee to nominate 2027 officers. Staff reported no basin-wide undesirable results, though some West Placer wells fell below minimum groundwater thresholds. Staff plans to seek GSP adoption in December. Five-year basin-wide implementation costs are estimated at $1.8 million, up from $1.1 million. Members discussed but did not approve a proposed $40,000-a-year communications program.
River Pines Well 6R and Lamel Well No. 1 had PFAS notification-level detections below the MCL. Directors suggested outreach ahead of the Consumer Confidence Report. A possible $10 million headwaters fuel-reduction grant may be confirmed in December. A director said the Buena Vista data-center website reduced its stated size from 41 to 16 megawatts; no formal county application or data-center water arrangement was confirmed.
Staff outlined a 2027 ET-based allocation of about 1.42 acre-feet per acre without transitional allocation; no allocation change was approved. The board removed precipitation credits for parcels enrolled in full-year voluntary fallowing. A proposed subsidence order could shift accounting to applied water in October 2027. Staff said a state pumping moratorium near the Friant-Kern Canal could begin around April 2027 absent an acceptable local alternative.
The board approved a laddered bond-reserve investment strategy targeting a 4.45% net return, compared with about 3.2% in the current money market. Electrical testing at the Friant-Kern Canal pump station is complete, with starter commissioning scheduled for October 15. Golden mussel treatment at Pump Station B is planned through October; Reservoir B dosing is expected to continue two to three weeks longer. Staff relayed reports of no new settlement on another canal.
