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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings 8 findings
F1
Page 157
Drought conditions encourage establishing and implementing new government water sustainability programs.
F2
Page 157
The DWRC is the lead department in managing Butte County groundwater and its responsibilities will expand greatly under SGMA.
F3
Page 157
Water transfers can have economic, social and political consequences.
F4
Page 157
Cropping patterns effect groundwater levels.
F5
Page 157
Adoption of water law in Butte County is voter driven.
F6
Page 157
Water quality protection falls mainly within the province of the Agriculture Department and the Department of Environmental Health.
F7
Page 157
Butte County, when compared to DWR, has little authority over whether or not out-of-county groundwater transfers take place.
F8
Page 157
New regional water policy under SGMA will compel Butte County officials to collaborate on groundwater issues with officials from other counties for the benefit of the region.
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 157The Butte County Board of Supervisors should increase the DWRC budget, given the increase responsibilities under SGMA and the importance of groundwater to the Butte County Economy.
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R2Page 157The members of the DWRC, the Butte County Agriculture Department and the Butte County Environmental Health Department should meet with their 139 counterparts in the other sub-basin counties to discuss regional groundwater plans under SGMA.
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R3Page 158The Board of Supervisors should integrate General Plan considerations with the sustainable groundwater plans under SGMA.