1. Groundwater Levels Are Declining and Subsidence Is a Growing Concern 2025 was a dry year, and the annual monitoring report shows significant losses in groundwater storage. Two monitoring wells in Mid-Kaweah are now below minimum thresholds, and subsidence monitoring points are already about one-third of the way to their cumulative loss limits. With surface water allocations projected at only 0.4–0.5 feet this year, groundwater will again be the primary supply, and technical teams are actively evaluating whether management actions beyond reducing lower-aquifer pumping can help arrest subsidence before it reaches a critical path.
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