Groundwater-Surface Water Workshop
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or Board) will hold a public staff workshop to help California water managers identify options and better prepare, plan, and account for new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requirements and the impacts of groundwater pumping on surface water instream flows.
This will be an informational workshop only and the State Water Board will take no formal action.
The workshop will include:
- Discussion of surface water depletion requirements and authorities under the California Water Code and California Constitution (SGMA, public trust, waste and unreasonable use).
- Presentations by experts on potential strategies for preventing or managing depletions based on realistic scenarios.
- Opportunities for attendees to weigh-in on the benefits and drawbacks of those strategies.
The goal of the workshop is to provide water managers, including GSAs and others, with a menu of approaches to consider as they contemplate managing their own watersheds to prevent or manage depletions of interconnected surface water.
The workshop will be informational only. While a quorum of the State Water Board may be present, the Board will not take formal action at the workshop. There will be no sworn testimony or cross-examination of participants, but the State Water Board and its staff may ask clarifying questions. Time allowing, attendees will be invited to ask questions or provide comments on the topics of presentation.
Meeting Space is limited. To attend, please RSVP to SGMA@waterboards.ca.gov by October 21, 2018.
More details available on https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/gmp/gwsw_wkshp.html