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SGMA Penalties Are Active. Is Your Farm Protected?

The 21 published over-allocation penalties on file run $10 to $2,789 per acre-foot above the allocation. In the Tule and Tulare Lake subbasins (State probation), pumpers also pay $300 per well plus $20 per acre-foot pumped.

Published Over-Allocation Penalties on File ($ per AF above the allocation)

Aliso Water District GSAup to $35 / $70
County of Madera GSA (Chowchilla Subbasin)up to $400
County of Madera GSA (Delta-Mendota Subbasin)up to $400
County of Madera GSA (Madera Subbasin white lands)up to $400
Cuyama Basin GSA$250 / $500
East Kaweah GSA$500
El Rico GSAup to $500
Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency (LPV)$2,058
Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency (Oxnard, Pleasant Valley, Arroyo Santa Rosa)$2,289 / $2,539 / $2,789
Greater Kaweah GSA$150 / $250 / $500
Lower Tule River Irrigation District GSA$1,310.84
Merced Irrigation-Urban GSA (MIUGSA)$200 / $500
Merced Subbasin GSAup to $500
Mid-Kaweah GSA$10 / $260 / $500
Mid-Kings River GSA$500
Pixley Irrigation District GSA$124.40 / $824.71
Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District GSA$145
South Fork Kings GSA$500
Tri-County Water Authority GSA (Tulare Lake)$125 / $500
Tri-County Water Authority GSA (Tule)$125 / $500
Westlands Water District GSAup to $500

Many GSAs publish no penalty (the calculator labels those estimates); some charge on all pumping or per acre. Confirm with your GSA.

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