Water Year 2024 Groundwater Allocations
At a special board meeting on September 26, 2023, the Greater Kaweah GSA Board members approved the Water Year 2024 (WY 2024) Native Sustainable Yield Allocation along with Tier 1 and 2 Penalty Allocations for the Greater Kaweah Agricultural Management Area, an area which includes irrigated and non-irrigated ag land.
The approved groundwater allocations set a limit on groundwater pumping for WY 2024 (October 1, 2023– September 30, 2024) and are as follows (units are in evapotranspiration i.e., net usage):
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Native Sustainable Yield Allocation is 0.62 acre-feet/acre
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Tier 1 Penalty Allocation is 0.56 acre-feet/acre
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Tier 2 Penalty Allocation is 0.69 acre-feet/acre
The combined total for Native Sustainable Yield, Tier 1 and Tier 2 is 1.87 acre-feet/acre.