1. Upper Valley Appears to Be in Overdraft — A Long-Term Action Threshold Was Triggered An analysis of observed groundwater levels found declining trends in about half of 26 Upper Valley wells with sufficient records. Staff concluded that the evidence points toward overdraft, although most declines are slow. At four representative monitoring wells with declining trends, extending the observed slopes forward would put minimum thresholds less than 50 years away; those projections are not forecasts. Chair Yates said a long-term water-level action threshold had been triggered. Members discussed how to develop recommendations for the sub-basin committees but adopted no management response.
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