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California places Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation — one year after historic flooding in the regionThe California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place the Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation over concerns with subsidence that come from excessive groundwater pumping.
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Fallout over the ever sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the Tule subbasin regardless of whether they get water from the canal.
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News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater agency with surprise and alarm.
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In 2014, the mammoth groundwater management law known as SGMA promised to overhaul water use in the state. A recent conference showed how the rubber is hitting the road.
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Groundwater plans, largely serving low-income Latino communities, were deemed inadequate for preventing dry wells and sinking land.
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Communities still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects — and ultimately, much less pumping.
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Groundwater limits and fees netted $11 million in 2021 from Tulare Co. farmers. Most of that money will pay a share to fix the sagging Friant-Kern Canal. The rest will pay for projects to stem the groundwater free fall that sank the canal in the first place.
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An archeologist with the Tejon Tribe has been working closely with the City of Bakersfield and the two Kern County water districts behind the project to make sure the “significant” Native American sites on the ranch are protected.
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Managers for all the deficient subbasins will now have six months to address plan deficiencies as outlined by the state and resubmit them to DWR for another review. If the plans are rejected at that time, the state Water Resources Control Board could take over the subbasins and manage groundwater directly, or take other, more punitive actions.
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Pumping caps have been, or soon will be, implemented in all three groundwater sustainability agencies in the Kaweah subbasin.