BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act took a major step forward last week. I'm Madi Vollmer and I spoke with local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to find out what this means for the Kern County Subbasin.

After several attempts, Kern GSAs were able to get their revised Sustainable Groundwater Management Act plan approved by the State Water Resources Control Board.

Steven Teglia is the general manager, for the Kern Delta Water District and he says, "I mean really, you could say we've been working since 2020. The first plans were submitted in 2020, and they were reviewed by the Department of Water Resources and subsequently got sent to the State Water Resources Control Board."

This also means the Kern Subbasin will not be placed on probation. Kern Cou

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