DATE: July 12, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Adopt the Amendments to the Groundwater Sustainability Plan for San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors GSP Group in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt resolution approving the Amendments to the Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency Groundwater Sustainability Plan in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin and authorize the San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority, acting as Groundwater Sustainability Plan Manager for the subbasin, to submit the amended Groundwater Sustainability Plan to the Department of Water Resources by July 20, 2022
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will adopt the amendments of the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors GSP Group in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin (Exchange Contractors GSP) as required by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), to maintain local control for managing groundwater resources. This item pertains to locations in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the recommended action; however, it would result in delay of submitting the required amendments of the GSP by the July 20, 2022, deadline. If the GSP is not submitted by the deadline, intervention from the State Water Resources Control Board (State) will occur, resulting in the loss of local control of groundwater management.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of the recommended action may result in an increase in Net County Cost. Department staff costs are and will be absorbed within the Department's Water & Natural Resources Org 4360 FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget. If there are significant implementation costs beyond the Department's allocated resources, staff will return to your Board for direction and to request additional resource allocation.
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