California- Mining

摘要

California's New Groundwater Management LawUntil very recently, California was the only western state without statewide regulation and management of groundwater resources. Although numerous local agencies were authorized to assume a groundwater management role within their respective jurisdictions, regulation of groundwater varied widely throughout the state. That changed on January 1,2015, when California's new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Cal. Water Code §§ 10720-10736.6, became effective. The SGMA repre sents the first step in the lengthy process of creating a comprehen sive system of monitoring, controlling, and curtailing groundwater extractions in California.