New Groundwater Irrigated Acres Approved in Quantity Management Subareas

For the first time in recent history, LENRD Board of Directors allowed an application period for new irrigated acres in the LENRD Quantity Management Subareas. Quantity Management Subareas were created on January 24, 2013, for the protection of groundwater quantity in portions of the District where additional controls are necessary to minimize pumping conflicts and protect groundwater supplies without imposing unnecessary controls in other parts of the District. Of the 23 applications received within the Quantity Management Subareas (mainly in Pierce and Madison Counties), 10 were approved allowing 310.33 new groundwater irrigated acres in those subareas.