DATE: December 10, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Groundwater Sustainability Plan for San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution adopting the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Plan for portions of the Delta-Mendota Groundwater Subbasin including a portion of Fresno County Management Area B.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will adopt the portion of the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors GSP Group in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin (Exchange Contractors GSP). The GSP covers a portion of Fresno County Management Area B (Management Area B) of the Delta-Mendota Subbasin (Subbasin), as required by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to maintain and manage local groundwater resources. Information specific to the covered portion of Management Area B is in sections 1.3.11 and 16.0 of the Exchange Contractors GSP, and includes background information; historic, current, and projected water budgets; sustainable management criteria; projects and management actions that the County is anticipated to undertake; and additional information about implementation of the Exchange Contractors GSP. This item pertains to locations in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the recommended action; however, it would likely result in delay of submitting the required GSP by the January 31, 2020 deadline, as the County would be obligated to prepare a GSP for the portion of County lands that have been included in the Exchange Contractors GSP. If the GSP is not submitted by the deadline, intervention from the State Water Resources Control Board (State) could occur, which would result in the State managing local groundwater resources in the Subbasin.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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