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Newsom administration faces pressure to store more floodwater underground

01/25/23 7:30 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS bureaucratic red tape for permits California agriculture flood-managed aquifer recharge (Flood-MAR) groundwater overpumping in the San Joaquin Valley groundwater recharge protecting endangered Delta smelt replenishing critically overdrafted SGMA basins
While California has made strides, groundwater banking is still in the early stages and farmers remain frustrated over the slow pace for permitting and infrastructure upgrades.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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