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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Concerns about the proposed groundwater sustainability plan for a basin that includes parts of Kern, Inyo and San Bernardino counties prompted a request for adjudication that is scheduled for a court meeting on Nov. 19, which is also the deadline for anyone claiming groundwater rights to join the lawsuit.
A new water trading and accounting platform aimed at easily matching those who need water with those who have it would also give Groundwater Sustainability Agencies near real-time data for maintaining accurate water accounting and that, in turn, would help them comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
As rangelands dry up, USDA will likely be the first to declare a drought emergency, followed by some counties. But the state can manage without emergency powers.
One of the highest priorities for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is to develop a framework for a statewide pesticide notification system.
