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Consider receiving an update on direction given October 16, 2017 by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors; and November 14, 2017 by the Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency with respect to recommendations presented in the report "Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin".
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
a. Receive an update on direction given October 16, 2017 by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors with respect to recommendations presented in the report "Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin"; and
b. Receive an update on direction given November 14, 2017 by the Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency with respect to recommendations presented in the report "Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin".
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
At a Special Joint Meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County, Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency and the Water Resources Agency Board of Directors (Joint Boards) on July 11, 2017 staff presented the 2015 coastal Salinas Valley seawater intrusion contours; and 2015 groundwater elevation contours. The updated extent of seawater intrusion depicted in the seawater intrusion maps along with a discussion of pathways of seawater intrusion demonstrated by the current data prompted a request from the Joint Boards that staff provide recommendations for actions to consider that, if implemented, would slow or halt further expansion of seawater intrusion.
Staff developed a report, "Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin"; which provides a discussion of the current knowledge an...
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