SGMA Probation and Potential State Intervention Info for Agricultural Landowners, Pumpers, and Operators in Six San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Subbasins and Update on Thirteen Additional "Incomplete" Plans
As described in the SGMA state intervention update provided here, on April 16, 2024, the Tulare Lake’s Subbasin in Kings County became the first of six San Joaquin subbasins to receive a probation designation under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, starting a minimum one-year clock to revise the subbasin’s local groundwater sustainability plan to address issues identified by the Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board to avoid a potential state interim plan.
Five additional San Joaquin Valley groundwater subbasins—Tule, Kaweah, Kern County, Delta-Mendota, and Chowchilla Subbasins (see map below)—are revising local groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) to avoid State Water Resources Control Board "state intervention," with probationary hearings before the State Water Board scheduled or ongoing over the remainder of 2024 into 2025.
Thirteen additional basins must revise and resubmit plans deemed ‘incomplete’ to avoid a potential ‘inadequate’ determination and state intervention. These basins are located in Inland Northern California, the Sacramento Valley, the Northern San Joaquin Valley, and Ventura County.
Click the link below to view the general overview and critical public participation information for potentially affected agricultural landowners, pumpers, and operators in the above-identified basins.
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