Ag Council’s podcast dives into Gov. Newsom’s Drought Executive Order
–With severe drought on the minds of many, the latest Capitol Farm Connection episode covers Gov. Newsom’s drought executive order (EO). Emily and Tricia walk through the provisions affecting agriculture within the EO, which was released on March 28.
They discuss new permit requirements in the groundwater section of the EO and the steps required under the EO to develop new wells or alter existing groundwater wells in areas subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and located in medium or high priority basins in California.
To read a fact sheet by the Department of Water Resources about the well requirements in the EO, click HERE.
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