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Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Identification And Monitoring Protocols From Australia To California's Sustainability Groundwater Management Act, Marino J. Hernandez
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Identification And Monitoring Protocols From Australia To California's Sustainability Groundwater Management Act, Marino J. Hernandez
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In the past, California’s unregulated groundwater supply has suffered from a legacy of groundwater depletion, loss of aquifer storage, land subsidence, seawater intrusion, and degradation of ecosystems dependent on the interconnectivity of groundwater. Prior to 2016, California had yet to create direct legislation that regulated groundwater management until the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). SGMA empowered local agencies called Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to manage groundwater resources within a specific criterion using locally sourced methods and practices suitable for each individual groundwater basin. One criterion in particular is relatively new for water resource management, Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs). In this …