Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Santa Monica Groundwater Subbasin

Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency | January 27th, 2022

The Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), which comprises the City of Santa Monica, the City of Los Angeles via its Department of Water and Power (L

The Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), which comprises the City of Santa Monica, the City of Los Angeles via its Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the City of Culver City, the City of Beverly Hills, and the County of Los Angeles, has prepared this Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the non-adjudicated portion of the Santa Monica Subbasin (Subbasin) of the Los Angeles Plain Groundwater Basin (DWR Basin 4-011.01). This GSP was prepared in compliance with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which is codified in California Water Code (CWC), Part 2.75 (Sustainable Groundwater Management), §10720 et seq.1 This GSP has been developed in accordance with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) GSP Regulations to apply to the entirety of the Subbasin that is not adjudicated. The purpose of this GSP is to define the groundwater conditions that will be used to ensure the long-term sustainability of groundwater resources for current and future stakeholders through ongoing, proactive stewardship. Long-term sustainability includes: • Maintaining sufficient groundwater in storage to allow for continued groundwater production that meets the operational demands and regulatory commitments of the City of Santa Monica as well as other groundwater producers and stakeholders.• Ensuring groundwater conditions in the Subbasin support sufficient seaward flow of fresh water to prevent significant and unreasonable seawater intrusion in the Silverado aquifer. • Continuing groundwater production at rates and in aquifers that do not impact the ability of groundwater-dependent ecosystems to access groundwater. Due to size, this file has been divided into five parts. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin, Central Management Area

Santa Ynez River Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Central Management Area | January 3rd, 2022

This Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) is prepared in accordance with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and covers the Central Management Area (C

This Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) is prepared in accordance with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and covers the Central Management Area (CMA) of the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin (Basin or SYRVGB) located in coastal central California. There is one principal aquifer in the CMA: the Buellton Aquifer which covers the Buellton Upland and the older formations that lie under the Santa Ynez River alluvium near the City of Buellton. The Santa Ynez River is the primary surface water source within the Basin. The underflow of the Santa Ynez River is considered part of the river flow and is managed as surface water pursuant to the administrative authority and jurisdiction of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) over waters flowing in known and definite channels. The analyses conducted for this GSP indicate that current Basin conditions are sustainable and no undesirable results (defined as significant and unreasonable impacts to sustainability indicators) are occurring. Potential undesirable results have been identified and specific minimum thresholds have been developed to help ensure that undesirable results do not occur under future conditions. Potential project operations and management actions designed to maintain and improve groundwater conditions and sustainability have been identified and are described within this GSP.

Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the White Wolf Basin

White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency | December 15th, 2021

Groundwater Sustainability Plan Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GKGSA) | January 22nd, 2020

Groundwater Sustainability Plan Implementation: A Guide to Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and Plan Amendments

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 15th, 2023

This document provides guidance to groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) preparing Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP or

This document provides guidance to groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) preparing Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP or Plan) Amendments under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA or Act) and the GSP Regulations. This guidance document does not create any new requirements or obligations for GSAs but is intended to clarify the necessary content of the documents already required by SGMA and the GSP Regulations.

Groundwater Sustainability Plan Los Molinos Subbasin

Theama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District | January 31st, 2022

The Los Molinos Subbasin (DWR Subbasin No. 5-021.56) of the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin was assigned a medium priority designation by DWR and is required to submi

The Los Molinos Subbasin (DWR Subbasin No. 5-021.56) of the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin was assigned a medium priority designation by DWR and is required to submit a GSP. The Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (Tehama County FCWCD) (District), a local and regional authority, serves as the exclusive GSA for the Los Molinos subbasin.

Groundwater Sustainability Plan Red Bluff Subbasin

Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District | January 31st, 2022

Groundwater Sustainability Plan, County of Fresno Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Management Area A and Management Area B, Delta-Mendota Subbasin

County of Fresno | January 23rd, 2020

Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Olcese Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Kern County Subbasin

Olcese Groundwater Sustainability Agency | January 30th, 2020

Groundwater Trading as a Tool for Implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) | December 8th, 2017

Until recently, the State of California lacked comprehensive groundwater management policy. While many basins havebeen adjudicated in court or have adopted voluntary grou

Until recently, the State of California lacked comprehensive groundwater management policy. While many basins havebeen adjudicated in court or have adopted voluntary groundwater management programs following Assembly Bill 3030 and Senate Bill 1938, the vast majority of groundwater use remained unregulated. In 2014, the State Legislature passed the landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in response to wide-ranging consequences of prolonged and unchecked groundwater pumping. While groundwater serves as an important primary and supplemental water supply for many water users, over-pumping can result in negative consequences, six of which are listed as “undesirable results” under SGMA: chronic aquifer overdraft, reduction of groundwater storage, seawater intrusion, degradation of water quality, land subsidence, and depletion of hydrologically connected surface water. SGMA requires local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to develop and implement Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) to manage groundwater to avoid such consequences. To meet the requirements of SGMA, GSAs will need to employ a wide range of management tools. This paper focuses on one set of these tools: groundwater trading programs. Trading goes by many different names, including markets, cap and trade, transfers, credit programs, banking, pooling, and exchanges. For the purposes of this paper, we have elected to use the terms “trading” and “trading programs” as the broader categorization of incentive-based management tools. Trading can be executed through a wide range of exchange vehicles, including short- and long-term leases, permanent transfers, and other more advanced or unique arrangements, such as inter-annual water exchanges or dry-year options contracts.