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Water board member in the hot seat over SGMA probations and nitrogen issues

06/26/24 7:31 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS balancing critically overdrafted aquifers by 2040 farm runoff contamination into streams and rivers regulating fertilizer use to prevent groundwater contamination safe and affordable drinking water in socially disadvantaged communities Sean Maguire SGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
One of the California’s top water regulators fielded questions recently over a slew of local agencies facing repercussions for their inadequate groundwater plans and for a patchwork of new fertilizer regulations hitting farmers across the state.
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Brad Hooker
Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West

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