1. State Board Warning: Subsidence Management Plan Needed by December — Or Pumping Moratorium Could Follow The district reported that state board members and staff have indicated a subsidence management plan must be submitted by December, or a pumping moratorium along the subsidence corridor could be imposed. While Terra Bella's exposure is minimal — the district pumps very little groundwater and is not in the affected zone — the broader implications are significant. If a moratorium is enacted, it could trigger lawsuits from districts and landowners over native yield water rights, and the district is monitoring developments closely. Surface water districts are meeting now to draft a Friant-Kern Canal subsidence management plan in response to what the state board told them, and policy committee involvement was not requested at this stage.
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