State water officials on Thursday rejected six local groundwater plans for the San Joaquin Valley, where basins providing drinking and irrigation water are severely depleted from decades of intensive pumping by farms.
Most, if not all, of the approved and rejected plans allow groundwater levels to drop significantly before leveling off, according to Nataly Escobedo-Garcia, policy coordinator for the nonprofit group Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability.
“We are disheartened by DWR’s approval of some plans that allow domestic and public supply wells to fail as groundwater over-pumping continues,” said Ngodoo Atume, water policy analyst for Clean Water Action, in a statement. “If we do determine that compliance is not being met or we’re questioning whether they’re on track for sustainability, we can deem a basin inadequate at any time,” said Paul Gosselin, deputy director of the Department of Water Resources’ Sustainable Groundwater Management Office.
Escobedo-Garcia called on state water officials to stay vigilant as it oversees adoption and implementation of the approved plans.
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