DWR releases list of GSPs available for public comment on the SGMA portal
Groundwater sustainability plans received earlier this month are now online on the DWR SGMA P
ortal. These plans are open to public comment for 75 days until April 15, 2020. Information about how to comment on a plan can be found in a new fact sheet in English and Spanish.
The posted plans are:
Basin Local ID (if applicable) Counties Covered 180/400 Foot Aquifer N/A Monterey Chowchilla N/A Madera, Merced Cuyama Valley N/A Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Delta Mendota Aliso WD GSA Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus DM_NorthCentral_Adopted DM_Grassland_Adopted DM_Farmers_Adopted DM_FresnoCounty_Adopted DM_SJREC_Adopted Eastern San Joaquin N/A Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus Kings Kings_CentralKings_Adopted Fresno, Kings, Tulare Kings_KingsRiverEast_Adopted Kings_James_Adopted Kings_NorthForkKings_Adopted Kings_NorthKings_Adopted Kings_McMullinArea_Adopted Kings_SouthKings_Adopted Las Posas Valley N/A Ventura Merced N/A Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus Oxnard N/A Ventura Paso Robles Area N/A San Luis Obispo Pleasant Valley N/A Ventura Tulare Lake N/A Kern, Kings, Tulare Westside N/A Fresno, Kings Remaining plans from critically overdrafted basins are due to DWR by the end of today, January 31, 2020. DWR will provide regular updates about when these plans are posted and public comment opens.
The public comment period is listed for each plan on the SGMA Portal. Public comments are welcomed and encouraged – a SGMA Portal account is not necessary.
DWR is also aware that one critically overdrafted basin, the Borrego Springs Subbasin in San Diego County, may submit an alternative to a groundwater sustainability plan today. Once that alternative is submitted it will be publicly viewable on the SGMA Portal’s Alternative Reporting System and will also be open for a 75-day public comment period.
For questions or more information, email sgmps@water.ca.gov.
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