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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.
Clearway’s Devil’s Den solar option lease is signed: a $150,000 bonus was received and $609,000 was expected. Staff favored a standalone ordinance addressing potable-water irrigation of non-functional turf for possible December board consideration; staff said the agency remains far from meeting the January 2027 turf-watering deadline for most public-agency properties. Greenhouse gas emissions are down 52% since 2020, ahead of the agency’s original and updated targets.
The Board chose Portfolio 3A as its preferred portfolio under the Integrated Implementation Strategy. Its modeled 10% agricultural demand reduction across four northern subbasins remains preliminary; no allocations were set. Submit comments on the draft Langley GSP amendment by November 18 to inform revisions. Comments remain open until the January public meeting. Staff calls Langley at risk of overdraft; a commenter cited a differing DWR letter.
The Committee approved the consent calendar and directed staff to price FY 2028 budget components, including its existing one-seventh JPA cost share and a proposed 20% operational reserve; no budget was adopted. The model ad hoc generally supported MODFLOW 6, pending two GSA confirmations. Combined model and annual-report data are due November 13; earlier well-registration, pumping and policy submissions remain due November 30. Late data could raise costs and delay review.
The State Water Board will hear comments on the proposed Bay-Delta Plan update October 28–29; North Delta flagged unresolved potential in-Delta curtailments. Participants described severe hyacinth in some waterways, and the Watermaster warned that golden mussels could narrow diversion pipes. All seven monitoring sites met contract salinity criteria. The Northern Sierra index showed no precipitation so far in Water Year 2027, and Lake Oroville held 1.6 million acre-feet.
