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Wednesday Update

October 23, 2024

Save the date to attend SGMA's 10th anniversary celebration

Save the date for DWR's celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). It will be Monday, Nov. 18, in Sacramento. The event will feature local groundwater sustainability agencies, community organizations, and State leaders, discussing the past, present, and future of SGMA. The landmark legislation was signed by Governor Jerry Brown to help provide long-term protection for California's groundwater resources. SGMA requires local agencies to form groundwater sustainability agencies for high- and medium-priority basins, and to develop groundwater sustainability plans that will mitigate overdraft within 20 years.

Webinar video offers interconnected surface water help

DWR has released a webinar video to help groundwater sustainability agencies address the depletion of interconnected surface water (ISW) in their groundwater sustainability plans. The webinar summarizes three draft ISW papers, Depletions of Interconnected Surface Water: An Introduction, Techniques for Estimating Interconnected Surface Water Depletion Caused by Groundwater Use, and Examples for Estimating Interconnected Surface Water Depletion Caused by Groundwater Use. The webinar also describes the next steps in the development of a guidance document.

DWR hosting webinar for landscape dataset project

DWR will host host a webinar on Thursday, Oct. 31, to provide project information on the Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional (CII) Landscape Area Measurement Land Use Classification Dataset project. The dataset is being completed by DWR to assist urban retail water suppliers in complying with regulations banning potable water use on non-functional CII turfgrass (California Water Code Section 10608.14).

Project WET holding climate change workshop for educators

DWR and California Project Water Education Today (Project WET) invite educators working with students in grades 6-12 to a workshop on climate change and its effect on California’s water resources. Project WET activities are designed to engage students in the study of water. The workshop will be Saturday, Nov. 2, in Orange County. Registration closes this Friday, Oct. 25.

Pesticide report releases California data for 2023

An annual air monitoring report released by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation finds no air samples taken at monitoring sites were at, or above, screening levels or regulatory targets for pesticides. The 2023 data show no detectable pesticides in 95% of all samples analyzed. The monitoring sites are in Oxnard, Santa Maria, Shafter, and Watsonville, which are places with high pesticide use.

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