Klamath River Folks,
As you no doubt know, many California Groundwater Basins must develop and adopt groundwater management plans pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Local agencies develop the plans and the State Department of Water Resources must find those plans comply with the SGMA Law and its implementing regulations. If DWR finds that they do not comply with SGMA, “…groundwater sustainability agencies have 180 days to revise and resubmit their plans. Upon evaluation of resubmitted plans, DWR will determine that the basin is either approved or inadequate. An inadequate determination will initiate consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board for possible State intervention.”
Among the local plans DWR recently found to be inadequate are two that are within the Klamath River Basin: Butte Valley and Tulelake.
