Final Amended Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) Plan Area

In January 2020, the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) submitted the original KRGSA Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The KRGSA GSP was one of five GSPs that were submitted through a Coordination Agreement to collectively cover the entire Kern County Subbasin. In January 2022, DWR sent a letter to the Kern County Subbasin GSAs that provided an evaluation of the Subbasin GPSs and determined that the GSPs were collectively “incomplete” in meeting all SGMA requirements (Determination Letter). DWR noted three separate deficiencies in the
collective GSPs and provided Corrective Actions to address the deficiencies.

This Amended KRGSA GSP has been prepared to supplement the original 2020 KRGSA GSP in response to DWR comments. Amended sections are incorporated into the original KRGSA GSP to produce one complete document.

Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7