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CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
Volume 69, Issue 3, Pages 193-201Publisher
UNIV CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND, DIVISION AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
DOI: 10.3733/ca.E.v069n03p193
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New regulations are emerging in response to historic groundwater depletion and widespread groundwater quality degradation in California. They aim at long-term preservation of groundwater resources for use in agriculture, in urban areas and for the support of ecosystems in streams dependent on groundwater. The regulations are driving a historic shift in the way the agriculture sector is engaged in managing and protecting groundwater resources in California. A review and synthesis of these recent regulatory developments - the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and new policies under the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act - clarifies key challenges for farmers, scientists and regulators and points to the need for continuing innovation in agricultural practices as well as in planning and policy.
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