From the Ridgecrest Independent:
“Major pumpers in the Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin will likely face an extraction fee following Thursday’s IWV Groundwater Authority board meeting, set for 10 a.m. at Ridgecrest City Hall, 100 W.California Ave.
The board will consider and vote on formally adopting the groundwater authority extraction fee, which assesses a monthly volumetric fee of $30 per acre-foot pumped. The fee aims to fill a $930,000 budget gap in the development of a groundwater sustainability plan required by the Department of Water Resources by Jan. 31, 2020. … “
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