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Staff outlined a conceptual phased approach to demand management, targeted for GSA board consideration this fall. Members emphasized Langley’s predominantly domestic water use and data gaps when developing future triggers, and supported a separate meeting on agricultural measures. The committee approved its March minutes, deferred the Water Year 2024 Annual Report discussion, and urged rural residents to take the water-efficiency survey at svbgsa.org.
The board delayed a vote on five groundwater-monitoring fees for about a month. Members debated whether wells pumping two acre-feet or less yearly could be excluded without losing needed data or unlawfully shifting costs under Proposition 26. The roughly $800,000-a-year program proposed recurring fees of up to $278.28 per well, plus a possible $160.16 initial fee. The Salinas Valley Basin GSA said grants could cover initial registration for about ten months.
