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Informing and Engaging Stakeholders in the Kings and Tulare Lake Subbasins
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February 2020 - In This Issue
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TULARE LAKE SUBBASIN UPDATES
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Kings Subbasin hits submit on State's Groundwater Sustainability Plan portal, fully empowering Groundwater Sustainability Agencies
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The Kings Subbasin submitted final Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) and a Coordination Agreement to the CA Department of Water Resources (DWR) online portal Tuesday, January 28. The submission transitions each of the seven Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) from a planning agency to a fully empowered implementation agency under SGMA. DWR is accepting public comment on the GSPs for a 75 day period, until April 15, 2020.
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Kings Subbasin included on CA DWR draft recommended funding list for award totaling $500,000
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The subbasin was included on the
CA Department of Water Resources (DWR)
draft recommended award list
for the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program. The draft funding list recommends $500,000 be awarded to the North Fork Kings GSA for Kings Basin SGMA Round 3 Planning. The North Fork Kings GSA is the awardee on behalf of the seven Kings Subbasin GSAs. The draft funding list will be finalized following a public comment period concluding February 10.
View the draft recommended funding list
here
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In support of local SGMA process, the seven Kings Subbasin GSAs coordinate response to NGO letter
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The Kings Subbasin coordinated a response to a letter cosigned by 50 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), citing inadequate implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) as a threat to the success of the Safe Affordable Drinking Water fund. The NGO letter was addressed to representatives of the CA Environmental Protection Agency, CA Natural Resources Agency, CA Department of Water Resources, and the CA State Water Resources Control Board.
The Kings Subbasin response letter outlines the importance of securing local efforts of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to successfully comply with SGMA, and clarifies that the GSAs have been in the planning, not implementation, phase.
The response letter cites the extensive inclusive and transparent planning by local entities to develop a locally stewarded path to sustainability. The response also addresses the issues of domestic well impacts and water quality, and cites the substantial amount of public outreach and stakeholder engagement conducted during GSP development.
Since the Kings Subbasin response letter, the GSAs submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) marking the start of implementation.
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On January 28, 2020, MAGSA and the six other Kings Subbasin GSAs jointly submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the CA Department of Groundwater Resources for initial review.
As set forth in the SGMA legislation, completion of this action immediately and fully vested all of the oversight and enforcement powers of a GSA with MAGSA. This submittal now places this tremendous responsibility, and the fantastic opportunity to locally, collaboratively, sustainably manage the groundwater beneath our feet, squarely in the hands of the MAGSA Board and the MAGSA landowners they represent.
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TULARE LAKE SUBBASIN UPDATES
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Tulare Lake Groundwater Sustainability Plan adopted and submitted to the State
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You can view the final Tulare Lake GSP
here
The five Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) adopted and submitted the Tulare Lake Groundwater Sustainability Plan prior to the January 31 State deadline. The GSAs will now move forward into the implementation phase as fully empowered groundwater management agencies.
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DWR releases draft award list recommending $350,000 grant funding for the Tulare Lake Subbasin
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The Tulare Lake Subbasin was included on the
CA Department of Water Resources (DWR)
draft recommended award list for the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program. The funding list recommends $350,000 be awarded for Tulare Lake Subbasin Supplemental GSP Development. The Mid-Kings River GSA is the awardee on behalf of the five Tulare Lake Subbasin GSAs. The draft funding list will be finalized following a public comment period concluding February 10.
View the draft recommended funding list
here
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In this issue
- Mid-Kings River - Mid-Kings River reviews final revisions to GSP
- Southwest Kings - Final Tulare Lake GSA to adopt the Tulare Lake Groundwater Sustainability Plan at January special meeting
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Mid-Kings River reviews final revisions to GSP
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The Mid-Kings River GSA outlined final revisions made to the Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) prior to submitting the final version to the CA Department of Water Resources (DWR) for review.
A few revisions include the addition of a sustainable yield calculation description; a description individual GSAs' planned efforts; clarifying language in the executive summary, sustainable management criteria, and implementation sections; more instances of clearly stating the comparison between the relatively small overdraft number and amount of groundwater in storage; and improvements to the groundwater model among others.
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Final Tulare Lake GSA to adopt the Tulare Lake Groundwater Sustainability Plan at January special meeting
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The final GSA in the Tulare Lake Subbasin GSA to adopt the Groundwater Sustainablity Plan, the Southwest Kings GSA Board gave unanimous approval at its January 27 special meeting.
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Kings Subbasin Groundwater Community Discussion,
Self-Help Enterprises and Kings River Conservation District
The third and final Kings Subbasin community groundwater workshop will take place on Monday, February 24th at 5:30 pm to discuss coordination between the seven Kings Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs), and each GSA's strategy for the first 1-2 years of Groundwater Sustainability Plan implementation. The event aims to reach residents on private wells living in rural communities.
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Monday, February 24
5:30-7:00 pm
Easton Presbyterian Church,
5895 S. Elm Ave, Fresno
Spanish translation will be available
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CA Department of Water Resources opens Groundwater Sustainability Plan public comment
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Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) from California's critically overdrafted subbasins were due to the CA Department of Water Resources (DWR) January 31, 2020. GSPs received by the January 31 deadline are now online on the DWR
SGMA Portal
. Plans are open to the public for comment for 75 days until April 25, 2020.
Information about how to comment on a plan can be found on fact sheets provided by DWR in
English
and
Spanish
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Draft grant funding list released, totaling approximately $47.45 million in grant funding to 53 awardees
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The Department of Water Resources released the draft recommended funding award list for the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program. The funding list will provide approximately $46.25 million in Proposition 68 and $1.2 million in Proposition 1 grant funding to 53 awardees.
Grant funding will assist awardees in either developing a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) or update an approved alternative to a GSP that meets the GSP regulations. Priority was given to applicants who had not received the SGM Planning Round 2 funding.
Funding recommendations are subject to public review concluding February 10, 2020. Public comments on the funding list must be submitted to
sgwp@water.ca.gov
no later than Monday, February 10, 2020 by 5 PM.
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For additional SGMA information, visit the links below:
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Kings River Region SGMA Updates is produced by KRCD's External Affairs staff.
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