Groundwater Management Plan

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GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

Download the PDF version of the plan, approximately 840 Kb. Download the Adobe Reader required, 5.6 MB.

It is the mission of Westlands Water District to provide a timely, reliable, and affordable water supply to its landowners and water users, and to provide drainage service to those lands that need it. To this end, Westlands is committed to the preservation of its federal contract, which includes water and drainage service, and to the acquisition of additional water necessary to meet the needs of its landowners and water users.

In recognition of the vital nature of the District's groundwater resources as part of the total water supply available to landowners and water users, and in light of federal, state, and local issues impacting, or potentially impacting, those resources, the District's Board of Directors has authorized by Resolution (attached hereto as Appendix A), the preparation of a Groundwater Management Plan (Plan).

AUTHORITY

AB 3030, the Groundwater Management Act, authored by Assemblyman Jim Costa, became law on January 1, 1993, and was codified as Part 2.75, commencing with Section 10750 of Division 6 of the Water Code. AB 3030 permits local agencies to adopt programs to manage groundwater. The Central Valley Project Improvement Act's criteria for evaluating water conservation plans, require all water suppliers overlying a usable groundwater basin to initiate development of a groundwater management plan pursuant to AB 3030.

AB 3030 allows any local public agency which provides water service to all or a portion of its service area and whose service area includes all or a portion of a groundwater basin to adopt a groundwater management program. The law contains 12 components which may be included in a groundwater management plan. Each component may play some role in evaluating or operating a groundwater basin so that groundwater can be managed to maximize the total water supply while protecting groundwater quality.

The District is authorized to adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce the Groundwater Management Program. The District may not limit or suspend extractions unless the District has determined through study and investigation that groundwater replenishment programs or other alternative sources of water supply have proved insufficient or infeasible to lessen groundwater demand. In adopting the rules and regulations, the District must consider the potential impact of those rules and regulations on business activities, including agricultural operations. In addition, to the extent practicable and consistent with groundwater resource protection, the District must minimize any adverse impacts on these business activities.

Before the District may levy a water management assessment or otherwise fix and collect fees for the replenishment or extraction of groundwater the District must hold an election on the proposition of whether or not the District shall be authorized to levy a groundwater management assessment or fix and collect fees for the replenishment or extraction of groundwater. The District shall be so authorized if a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the proposition.


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	GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
	Download the PDF version of the plan, approximately 840 Kb. Download the Adobe Reader required, 5.6 MB. It is the mission of Westlands Water District to provide a timely, reliable, and affordable water supply to its landowners and water users, and to provide drainage service to those lands that need it. To this end, Westlands is committed to the preservation of its federal contract, which includes water and drainage service, and to the acquisition of additional water necessary to meet the needs of its landowners and water users. In recognition of the vital nature of the District's groundwater resources as part of the total water supply available to landowners and water users, and in light of federal, state, and local issues impacting, or potentially impacting, those resources, the District's Board of Directors has authorized by Resolution (attached hereto as Appendix A), the preparation of a Groundwater Management Plan (Plan). AUTHORITY AB 3030, the Groundwater Management Act, authored by Assemblyman Jim Costa, became law on January 1, 1993, and was codified as Part 2.75, commencing with Section 10750 of Division 6 of the Water Code. AB 3030 permits local agencies to adopt programs to manage groundwater. The Central Valley Project Improvement Act's criteria for evaluating water conservation plans, require all water suppliers overlying a usable groundwater basin to initiate development of a groundwater management plan pursuant to AB 3030. AB 3030 allows any local public agency which provides water service to all or a portion of its service area and whose service area includes all or a portion of a groundwater basin to adopt a groundwater management program. The law contains 12 components which may be included in a groundwater management plan. Each component may play some role in evaluating or operating a groundwater basin so that groundwater can be managed to maximize the total water supply while protecting groundwater quality. The District is authorized to adopt rules and regulations to implement and enforce the Groundwater Management Program. The District may not limit or suspend extractions unless the District has determined through study and investigation that groundwater replenishment programs or other alternative sources of water supply have proved insufficient or infeasible to lessen groundwater demand. In adopting the rules and regulations, the District must consider the potential impact of those rules and regulations on business activities, including agricultural operations. In addition, to the extent practicable and consistent with groundwater resource protection, the District must minimize any adverse impacts on these business activities. Before the District may levy a water management assessment or otherwise fix and collect fees for the replenishment or extraction of groundwater the District must hold an election on the proposition of whether or not the District shall be authorized to levy a groundwater management assessment or fix and collect fees for the replenishment or extraction of groundwater. The District shall be so authorized if a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the proposition.