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Today, the California Department of Water Resources (Department) released decisions on revised groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) submitted by local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) in 12 critically overdrafted basins located in the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Of the 12 basins, the Department issued Inadequate determinations to six basins and notification letters to the remaining six basins that their GSPs are recommended to be Approved with Recommended Corrective Actions.
In its technical review of the revised GSPs, the Department found sufficient action has not been taken to address one or more deficiencies in the six Inadequate subbasins, which include: Chowchilla Subbasin, Delta-Mendota Subbasin, Kaweah Subbasin, Kern County Subbasin, Tulare Lake Subbasin, and Tule Subbasin. The determinations can be found on the Department’s SGMA Portal. The six Inadequate subbasins are now under State intervention, overseen by the State Water Resources Control Board under SGMA.
Additionally, the Department notified six basins of Department staff’s recommendation to Approve their GSPs with Recommended Corrective Actions. The correspondence can be found on the Department’s SGMA Portal for the following basins: Cuyama Basin, Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin, Merced Subbasin, Kings Subbasin, Paso Robles Area Subbasin, and Westside Subbasin.
For questions, please contact the Sustainable Groundwater Management Office by emailing sgmps@water.ca.gov. For a copy of the press release, please visit DWR’s News Webpage.
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