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California’s first groundwater rules rub against SGMA

11/16/22 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker
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San Luis Obispo County has been restricting new groundwater wells in the Paso Robles subbasin for nearly a decade. Now county supervisors are hoping to tack on a carbon sequestration mandate.
KEYWORDS California agriculture Central Coast berry production Dept. of Water Resources fallowing farmland for groundwater sustainability Farm Bureau Paso Robles wineries protecting domestic wells from groundwater pumping safe and affordable drinking water in socially disadvantaged communities SGMA
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Brad Hooker
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