Public Comment Opens for Groundwater Sustainability Plans by Department of Water Resources Feb 20, 2020 Water News Groundwater sustainability plans that have been submitted to the state are now online at the DWR SGMA Portal. Plans are open to public comment for 75 days after they were posted online. Below is a table of the submitted plans, the counties they cover and details about the public comment period for that plan. Basin Local ID (if applicable) Counties Covered Public Comment Period End Indian Wells Valley — Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino 5/4/2020 Kaweah East Kaweah Kings, Tulare 5/4/2020 Kaweah Subbasin – Greater Kaweah Subbasin 5/4/2020 Mid-Kaweah GSA 5/4/2020 Kern County BVGSA Kern, San Luis Obispo 5/4/2020 Henry Miller Water District GSA 5/4/2020 Kern County Subbasin KRGSA GSP 5/4/2020 Kern County Subbasin Olcese GSP 5/4/2020 KGA GSP 5/4/2020 North Yuba — Butte, Yuba 5/4/2020 Tule Basin 5-022.13 ETGSA GSP Kern, Tulare 5/4/2020 Basin 5-022.13 TCWA – Tule 5/4/2020 DEID GSA 5/4/2020 LTRID GSA 5/4/2020 Pixley ID GSA 5/4/2020 Tule Subbasin Alpaugh GSP 5/4/2020 Santa Cruz Mid-County — Santa Cruz 5/4/2020 South Yuba — Placer, Sutter, Yuba 5/4/2020 180/400 Foot Aquifer — Monterey 4/15/2020 Chowchilla — Madera, Merced 4/15/2020 Cuyama Valley — Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura 4/15/2020 Delta Mendota Aliso WD GSA Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus 4/15/2020 DM_NorthCentral_Adopted 4/15/2020 DM_Grassland_Adopted 4/15/2020 DM_Farmers_Adopted 4/15/2020 DM_FresnoCounty_Adopted 4/15/2020 DM_SJREC_Adopted 4/15/2020 Eastern San Joaquin — Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus 4/15/2020 Kings Kings_CentralKings_Adopted Fresno, Kings, Tulare 4/15/2020 Kings_KingsRiverEast_Adopted 4/15/2020 Kings_James_Adopted 4/15/2020 Kings_NorthForkKings_Adopted 4/15/2020 Kings_NorthKings_Adopted 4/15/2020 Kings_McMullinArea_Adopted 4/15/2020 Kings_SouthKings_Adopted 4/15/2020 Las Posas Valley — Ventura 4/15/2020 Merced — Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus 4/15/2020 Oxnard — Ventura 4/15/2020 Paso Robles Area — San Luis Obispo 4/15/2020 Pleasant Valley — Ventura 4/15/2020 Tulare Lake — Kern, Kings, Tulare 4/15/2020 Westside — Fresno, Kings 4/15/2020 Additionally, the Borrego Springs Subbasin in San Diego County submitted an alternative to a groundwater sustainability plan on January 31, 2020, that is publicly viewable on the SGMA Portal’s Alternative Reporting System. It is also open for a 75-day public comment period until April 15, 2020. For questions or more information, email sgmps@water.ca.gov.
