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• x Ca nyo n Gro undwa te r

Ma na g e me nt Ag e nc y’ s

Gro undwa te r Susta ina b ility Pla n

Ma rc h 2016

Susta ina b le Gro undwa te r Ma na g e me nt Ac t

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he Susta ina b le Gro undwa te r Ma na g e me nt Ac t (SGMA) o f 2014 a llo ws fo r the c re a tio n o f Gro undwa te r Susta ina b ility Ag e nc ie s (GSAs)

• GSAs must de ve lo p, a do pt a nd imple me nt Gro undwa te r Susta ina b ility Pla ns

(GSPs) fo r b a sins tha t the Sta te De pa rtme nt o f Wa te r Re so urc e s (DWR) ha s de sig na te d a s e ithe r hig h o r me dium prio rity a nd in c ritic a l o ve rdra ft

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he se re g ula tio ns re q uire lo c a l pub lic a g e nc ie s to de fine a c o urse o f a c tio n to a c hie ve susta ina b le g ro undwa te r ma na g e me nt within 20 ye a rs o f pla n imple me nta tio n

Susta ina b le Gro undwa te r Ma na g e me nt Ac t

• GSPs must ide ntify lo c a l g ro undwa te r pro b le ms, pro je c ts a nd a c tio ns the GSAs will

imple me nt to re so lve the se pro b le ms a s we ll a s mile sto ne s to tra c k pro g re ss

• A g ro undwa te r mo nito ring pro g ra m must b e de ve lo pe d a nd use d to de mo nstra te

impro ve d c o nditio ns within the b a sins

• On Ja nua ry 26, 2016 the F
• x Ca nyo n Gro undwa te r Ma na g e me nt Ag e nc y

(F CGMA) pro vide d the DWR with no tific a tio n o f its inte nt to b e c o me a GSA pe r SGMA

T he GSP Pro c e ss

• On De c e mb e r 11, 2015 F

CGMA e nte re d into a c o ntra c t with Hydro Me tric s Wa te r Re so urc e s I nc .

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e c hnic a l Adviso ry Gro up (T AG) wa s fo rme d to a ssist in re vie wing the c o nsulta nt’ s wo rk

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t wa s de c ide d tha t spe c ific GSP will b e de ve lo pe d fo r e a c h o f the fo ur b a sins within the purvie w o f the Ag e nc y

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he c o nsulta nt a nd T AG a re c urre ntly

• Re vie wing ind ivid ua l b a sin summa rie s tha t

ha ve b e e n c re a te d fro m prio r re po rts a nd stud ie s

• Id e ntifying the c o mpo ne nts o f the Wa te r

Bud g e t

• Sta rting to list c ritic a l pa ra me te rs a nd

ma na g e me nt a lte rna tive s

Co mmunic a tio ns Pla n

• SGMA re q uire s sta ke ho lde r invo lve me nt
• Bro a d sta ke ho lde r c o lla b o ra tio n is impo rta nt

b e c a use it pro vide s dive rse e xpe rtise , e xpe rie nc e a nd vie wpo ints

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his kind o f pro c e ss a llo ws fo r g re a te r sha ring

• f info rma tio n whic h o fte n le a ds to inno va tive

so lutio ns

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CGMA will b e re a c hing o ut to a va rie ty o f g ro ups inc luding :

• Pub lic a g e nc y sta ff
• Co mmunity g ro ups
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nviro nme nta l o rg a niza tio ns

• Busine ss a nd tra d e g ro ups
• Wa te rshe d g ro ups

Critic a l Pa ra me te rs

Unde sira b le Re sults “sig nific a nt a nd unre a so na b le ”

Minimum T hre sho lds

T he c o nditio n tha t re sults in a Critic a l Pa ra me te r ha ving Unde sira b le Re sults

• Must b e nume ric
• Gro undwa te r e le va tio ns a nd g ro undwa te r q ua lity c o nc e ntra tio ns
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sta b lishe d fo r e a c h Critic a l Pa ra me te r

• Must a ddre ss impa c ts o n a dja c e nt b a sins
• Must sta te ho w T

hre sho lds will b e q ua ntita tive ly me a sure d

• Re g ula tio ns o utline minimum b a se s fo r e a c h T

hre sho ld

Me a sura b le Ob je c tive s

Qua ntita tive o b je c tive s tha t a re ma na g e me nt “ta rg e ts”

• Allo w fo r o pe ra tio na l fle xib ility
• Must b e a b o ve Minimum

T hre sho lds

Ope ra tio na l Ra ng e

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he diffe re nc e b e twe e n the Minimum T hre sho ld a nd the Me a sure a b le Ob je c tive (no t de fine d in the re g ula tio ns)

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• rme rly c a lle d “Sa fe ty Ra ng e ” o r “Sa fe ty F

a c to r”

Ne xt Ste ps

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AG re c o mme nds slo wing the pro c e ss do wn (the c urre nt sc he dule is to ha ve a fina l GSP b y1-31-17)

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he F CGMA Bo a rd ma y dire c t sta ff to a djust the c o nsulta nt’ s Sc o pe o f Wo rk a nd sc he dule

• We ha ve so me info g a the re d whic h will ma ke sha ring the c o nc e pts, ide a s

a nd pro po se d a c tivitie s e a sie r fo r sta ke ho lde rs

• We will ho ld wo rksho ps, b y b a sin, ve ry so o n to o pe n disc ussio n a nd sha re

ide a s

• We invite a nd e nc o ura g e yo u to a ll pa rtic ipa te in this pro c e ss. De ta ils o n

me e ting da te a nd time s c a n b e fo und a t fc g ma @ ve ntura .o rg