Water Year 2026 Tiered Allocation Set at 0.75 Acre-Feet Per Acre: The board approved Resolution 2025-01 establishing the 2026 groundwater allocation at 0.75 acre-feet per acre, up from the initially proposed 0.65 acre-feet per acre. This increase came after the advisory committee conducted expanded modeling using a 10-year average instead of a 5-year window, determining the higher allocation was sustainable while maintaining financial stability with a $10 per acre-foot rate. With unchanged 0.83 acre-feet Native Yield and a 0.54 acre-feet Precipitation Tier, the total allocation is 2.12 acre-feet per acre.
Well Registration Process Moving to Mandatory System: The agency is transitioning from voluntary to mandatory well registration, though this won't be punitive with fines like other GSAs. Instead, unregistered wells will be ineligible for certain benefits including pre-mitigation programs and tiered water allocations, with staff currently 80-90% complete on well inventory work.
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