The new Mid-Kings River Groundwater Sustainability Agency’s advisory group made recent headway on improving plans and policies, though the agency is still behind its counterparts in the subbasin. … During a Feb. 10 meeting, the advisory group focused on updating Mid-Kings’ well registration and metering policies. The proposed changes will go before the GSA board for approval in March. When the former Mid-Kings imploded in summer 2024, the Kings County Board of Supervisors picked up the pieces and started anew creating the advisory group to represent growers. The advisory group has been doing a lot of heavy lifting going over core policies intended to help bring the area’s aquifers into balance, as mandated under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).