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linkhttps://sjvwater.org/news/ calendar_today07-11-2018 00:53:17

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Wondering if the Water Board staff proposed changes to the Tule subbasin probation recommendation were prompted by the injunction issued by Kings Co. judge against the state that paused probation actions in that region....? sjvwater.org/kings-county-j…

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Water Board member Laurel Firestone notes the irony of Eastern Tule funding its domestic well program using fees charged for excessive pumping, which is likely causing the harm to domestic wells.

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Several Tulare Co. residents tell Water Board to put Tule subbasin on probation - they're tired of expensive water too contaminated for them to use and wells going dry.

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Friant Water Authority tells Water Board subsidence is still a major problem, including new subsidence despite two good water years. In its presentation Eastern Tule implied subsidence had been fixe, "We respectfully disagree," Jason Phillips, GM FWA

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Gettin' saucy now! Eastern Tule suggests its settlement with Friant Water Authority means subsidence along Friant-Kern Canal is not unreasonable - NOT SO, Jason Phillips, FWA.

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"Don't be fooled" by (eastern tule) commitments, they have "not proved credible" on their groundwater accounting - Jason Phillips, GM Friant Water Authority

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Jeevan Muhar, GM Arvin-Edison Water Storage District - Eastern Tule is responsible for 91 percent of subsidence on Friant-Kern Canal by Eastern Tule's own documentation.

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Eastern Tule uses excessive gwater credits to continue allowing over pumping that is causing subsidence and damage to Friant-Kern Canal costing Arvin-Edison 100s of 1000s of acre feet of water - Jeevan Muhar, GM Arvin-Edison. sjvwater.org/counting-groun…

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Atty for 3 water districts in the Eastern Tule tells Water Board if they vote for probation, landowners with surface water will "opt out" and let others "just deal with the state." Probation, he said, will "set this subbasin back by years, I'm not exaggerating."

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There's time between a probation designation and fees imposed for other gwater agencies to be excluded. But that will take a lot more aggressive actions at least on the part of Eastern Tule - Water Board member Laurel Firestone

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Achieving success in the Tule subbasin under SGMA "Requires those without surface water to be real about the level of pumping reductions that are needed to curb undesirable results and so far we haven't seen that," Water Board member Laurel Firestone.

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Now the feds are having their say. Bureau of Reclamation (owner of the Friant-Kern Canal) wants "substantive action" from the Water Board to help stop their canal from continuing to sink.

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4 of 5 Water Board members say they will vote for probation for Tule subbasin....9.5 hours after opening the hearing.....