ADVISORY COMMITTEE Stephanie Anagnoson Director of Water & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ADVISORY COMMITTEE Stephanie Anagnoson Director of Water & Natural Resources April 12, 2019 1 OUTLINE Item 5: Update on Subbasins and Calendar Item 6: Allocation of Existing Stored Groundwater Discussion and Recommendation Item
Stephanie Anagnoson Director of Water & Natural Resources April 12, 2019
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Allocation – an amount of water annually provided to lands within the GSA on a per acre basis
preliminarily) 0.5 acre-feet per acre
groundwater,” which is essentially “mined” as the economy slowly transitions from 2020 to 2040 to sustainable water use. This allocation may result in continued lowering of groundwater levels throughout the GSAs before reaching sustainability Credit – an amount (in dollars or water) granted by the GSA and received by an individual that is above and beyond the allocation because of activities conducted to benefit the GSA (e.g., bringing in outside water for use in a recharge basin, or the non-use of an allocation in a given year)
How should allocations of “existing stored groundwater’ be allocated within the GSA?
initial allocation and follow the same ramp-down pattern? Or, should the allocation or ramp-down vary by crop type, recent history or other factor? Is there another approach worth considering?
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to be established: Should the allocation have a time element associated with it: Must the allocation be used in the year allocated? Can the allocation be carried forward (e.g. as a credit)? Can the allocation be used in advance?
Should an allocation decay and/or sunset over time?
Should an allocation be tradeable?
Native groundwater? Existing stored groundwater?
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Consensus of the Advisory Committee that activities resulting in a credit included installing pipelines, building basins or bringing in (importing) water to the GSA. Staff currently recommends that credits be given only for activities that introduce new water into the subbasin that would not otherwise be part of the subbasin’s water supplies. Staff additionally recommends that an outside non-partisan entity (i.e., a university or non-profit) evaluate applications for credits to establish the quantity of water to be credited.
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Vision and Foresight 1940s – Overdraft of aquifers 1960s-1970s - Purchased 22,000 acres of ag land in Avra Basin 2000s – Recharge and Recovery Program Depth to water originally 300- 400 feet; now 150-200 feet
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Farm Bureau Survey has been sent RFQ – Groundwater monitoring well installation
Contract may be awarded 4/16/19
RFQ –Water Market Strategy and Pilot
Selection process underway
RFQ – Rate Consultant to develop GSA-related funding
Contract may be awarded 5/7/19
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