The board's action on April 16 not only subjects the Kings County agencies to fees and tighter monitoring but sends a message to irrigators throughout the state that they must get serious about eliminating overdrafts after having a decade to adopt aquifer management plans.
As if to punctuate that goal, federal water managers have told San Joaquin Valley farmers that despite two wet winters they will receive less than half of their contracted allocations of water during this year's growing season.
The Public Policy Institute of California, which closely monitors management of the state's water supply, has estimated that at least 500,000 acres of farmland will be fallowed when the groundwater law is fully implemented.
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