Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Resources
For more information on the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, please see below.
SGMA Legislation
- The Act
- About SGMA (en Español)
- SGMA Handbook (produced by Water Education Foundation)
- SGMA Timeline
- Getting Involved
- SGMA – What’s going on in Tulare County?
Outreach
About ETGSA
- ETGSA Flier: GW Sustainability & What’s Going on with Groundwater
- ETGSA Volante: Sostenibilidad de Aguas Subterráneas y Qué está pasando con el Agua Subterránea
- Fact Sheet: Get to Know Your GSA (ETGSA)
- Hoja Informativa: Conozcan su Agencia del Manejo Sostenible de Agua Subterránea (ETGSA)
- SURVEY – ETGSA Stakeholder Survey (Print-Out Version)
- ENCUESTA – ETGSA Encuesta para Partes Interesadas (En Papel)
ETGSA Policies
- ETGSA Rules & Regulations, Ninth Amended (Approved May 4, 2023)
- ETGSA Emergency Ordinance 2021-01
- (Draft) Tule Subbasin Groundwater Level Mitigation Technical Memo
ETGSA Prop. 218
ETGSA Greater Tule Management Area
ETGSA Forms
- Lease/Transfer Form
- Fallowed Irrigated Land Form
- Non-Irrigated Ag Land Form
- Parcel Opt-In Agreement
- 2022-2023 Water Year GSA-GSA Transfer Form
- Tier 1 Transitional Water Pre-Purchase Form
- ETGSA GW Level Impact Claim Form
- ETGSA EO Well Application Landowner Agreement Form
ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Zone
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Plan DRAFT – July, 2020
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Plan DRAFT – May, 2021
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Plan Presentation to Committees – May, 2021
- Comments for ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Plan – July, 2021
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Monitoring Plan
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Management Plan Policy Document – February 2022
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Monitoring & Management Plan Workshop Presentation – March 30, 2022
- ETGSA Land Subsidence Monitoring & Management Plan Workshop Presentation – March 27, 2023
SGMA & GSP
- SGMA and the Tule Subbasin Presentation – August 24, 2016
- Sharing System Roadmap Presentation – August 17, 2017
- ETGSA, Tule Subbasin Preliminary Water Budget and Sus.Yield Presentation – September 21, 2017
- Transitioning Into a Sustainable Groundwater Market Presentation – May 3, 2018
- Groundwater Flow Model (Tule Subbasin), Draft Monitoring Plan, and Developing Sustainable Management Criteria- September 12, 2018
- Water Budget/Data Review, and Current Lay of the Land – October 25, 2018
- ETGSA Postcard to All Parcel Owners (English & Spanish) – Mailed November 5, 2018
- Remote ET Monitoring; ITRC-METRIC and Groundwater Use/Recharge – November 11, 2018
- Sharing Groundwater: Policy Considerations for Facilitating Groundwater Markets with SGMA – January 24, 2019 (Fresno State Water Markets Exchange Symposium)
- English – Porterville Community Groundwater Workshop: SGMA & ETGSA (April 2, 2019)
- Español – Porterville Taller Comunitario de Agua Subterránea:
SGMA & ETGSA (April 2, 2019) - ETGSA GSP Exec-Stakeholder Committee Presentation – October 17, 2019
Coordination Agreement
- Presentation on Tule Subbasin Hydrogeological Work – May 3, 2018
- Coordination Agreement Presentation – July 11, 2018
- Tule Subbasin MOU TAC, Preliminary Groundwater Flow Model Results August 15, 2018
- Proposed Process for Coordinating SMCs and GSPs in the Tule Subbasin – January 3, 2019
- Updated [Tule Subbasin] Groundwater Flow Model Results, TH&Co – January 16, 2019
- Updated Tule Subbasin GSA GSP Schedules – January 16, 2019
- SGMA and Land Subsidence (presentation from USGS/FWA/ETGSA/Tule Subbasin MOU Group event) – March 22, 2019
- Preliminary Draft – TH&Co Focused Analysis on Subsidence – April 17, 2019
- Preliminary Draft – TH&Co Expanded Land Subsidence Analysis on Subsidence – May 2019
- Technical Memorandum – TH&Co Analysis of the Relative Cause of Future Predicted Land Subsidence along the Friant-Kern Canal within the Tule Subbasin – January 10, 2020
ETGSA Outreach Plan
Land IQ
Community Presentations & Materials
- Community Water Center DW Impact Mitigation Presentation to ETGSA – May, 2021
- CWC: Framework for a DW Well Impact Mitigation Program (English)
- CWC: Framework for a DW Well Impact Mitigation Program (Español)
- ETGSA: Landowner Workshop – June 8th, 2021
- ETGSA: Landowner Workshop (Video) – June 8th, 2021
- ETGSA: Basinsafe Workshop – November 16, 2021
- Presentation on Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program – August 2022
- BasinSafe Outreach Presentation (February 28, 2023)
Adopted Policy Documents
Reliable News Resources
The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country.
The Toolbox also contains educational materials from non-governmental partner agencies for informational purposes.
CFWC is a non-profit, educational organization that provides fact-based information on farm water issues to the public.
The Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners (TBWP) work with partner agencies and organizations to conserve and restore critical Tulare Basin upland, wetland, and riparian habitats for people and wildlife.
The Department of Water Resources manages California’s water resources, systems, and infrastructure, including the State Water Project (SWP), in a responsible, sustainable way.
The mission of the Water Education Foundation, an impartial, nonprofit organization, is to create a better understanding of water resources and foster public understanding and resolution of water resource issues through facilitation, education and outreach.
Water Budget of the Tule Subbasin
Hydrogeological Conceptual Model
and Water Budget of the Tule Subbasin – Vol. 1
and Water Budget of the Tule Subbasin – Vol. 1
This report presents a hydrogeological conceptual model and water budget of the Tule Subbasin of the Southern San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin.
Hydrogeological Conceptual Model
and Water Budget of the Tule Subbasin – Vol. 2
and Water Budget of the Tule Subbasin – Vol. 2
Streamflow Data, Groundwater Level Contour Maps, Subsurface Flow Net Analysis, Estimated Annual Precipitation, and and other data sets.
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