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Tule Subbasin Probationary Hearing Final Staff Report

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | August 30th, 2024


Board staff identified specific deficiencies in the Tule Subbasin 2022 GSPs and outlined potential corrective actions to address those specific deficiencies.

• Chronic lowering of groundwater levels with insufficient management criteria.
• Continued land subsidence (sinking).
• Further degradation of groundwater quality.
• Depletions of interconnected surface water.

Keywords

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