1. DEID Exemption Extended in SWRCB Staff Report — But With SWRCB-Identified Items Needed for 2027 SWRCB staff’s annual evaluation report extended DEID GSA's exemption from probationary reporting and fees through the 2026 water year, and identified several items the district must complete or support to keep that exemption into 2027. These include developing a mandatory metering and monitoring plan covering both upper and lower aquifers, increasing groundwater level monitoring from twice per year to at least monthly, developing an event-based demand management program (beyond voluntary fallowing), and revising minimum thresholds informed by critical head and 1D subsidence modeling. The board voted to direct staff to begin preparing the plans, procedures, and policy documents needed for future board consideration to formally implement these items. The board direction signals increased staff work on well registration, metering implementation, and monitoring—particularly near the Friant-Kern Canal and GSA boundary areas experiencing subsidence.
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