Finding F3

Finding F3

If any of the subbasins within the Salinas Valley Basin fails to meet state-mandated groundwater sustainability requirements under SGMA, the State Water Resources Control Board may intervene, which could result in mandatory pumping reductions and increased regulatory oversight. This would impact local agriculture and economies and reduces local control. Avoiding State intervention requires the timely implementation of groundwater sustainability projects and the identification of reliable funding mechanisms. Absent such decisions, planned groundwater sustainability projects may remain conceptual and seawater intrusion in affected aquifers may continue to progress.