1. Staff proposed a 2027 allocation without transitional pumping. Staff outlined approximately 1.42 acre-feet per acre of ET-based, consumed water under the current accounting structure, excluding transitional allocation. GPC members favored accounting for total applied water at approximately 0.82 acre-feet per acre, though staff said the committee had not submitted a formal alternative proposal. Applied-water accounting would exclude the precipitation credit and measure a different quantity; the two figures should not be compared by simple subtraction. No 2027 allocation change was approved. Staff expects to bring the question of how much transitional allocation to include back in November; November 12 is the next scheduled board meeting.
2. A subsidence order is being developed, with an accounting shift targeted for October 2027. Staff described five possible components of a Corrective Subsidence Management Order, or CSMO: a shift to applied-water accounting targeting October 1, 2027, subject to coordination and implementation; restrictions on new lower-aquifer wells effective upon adoption; upper- and lower-aquifer allocations and possible caps once supported by technical analysis; limits on transfers of banked credits, with a roughly 10-mile radius floated for discussion; and changes to recharge credits, including a higher leave-behind percentage and a possible credit shelf life. Staff identified January 14, 2027, as the target for board consideration of the order. A grower outreach meeting is scheduled for October 20.
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