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Tulare Lake Subbasin Probationary Hearing Final Staff Report

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | March 29th, 2024


State Water Board staff have identified specific deficiencies in the Tulare Lake Subbasin 2022 GSP and have outlined potential corrective actions to address those specific deficiencies. The Final Staff Report also incorporates deficiencies identified by DWR’s determination. Deficiencies that have been identified within the GSP relate to:

* Chronic lowering of groundwater levels with insufficient management criteria.
* Continued land subsidence (sinking).
* Further degradation of groundwater quality.

Keywords

Central Valley, groundwater pumping impacts, Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), planning and management, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)