The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is a state-wide planning and information law that requires local cooperation but this is nothing new to the Sacramento Valley. Our North State special districts, counties and cities have been collaborating and cooperating for decades. Sustainable and responsible management of our surface and groundwater supplies is the ongoing mission we have all been committed to for many, many years.
Butte County Water Resource and Conservation website contains numerous planning, groundwater monitoring and condition reports in addition to project documents ie. Interbasin Groundwater Flow Report and Lower Tuscan Investigation, these documents are available to download and demonstrate the on-going cooperation of water districts and municipalities in Butte County and surrounding counties.
OTHER RESOURCES:
Butte County May, 19, 2021 Drought Task Force PowerPoint
DWR Household Water Supply Shortage Reporting System
Butte Subbasin SGMA 101 Document
Northern Sacramento Valley Inter-basin Coordination website and Final Draft Document
Informational regional SGMA videos below:
Consolidated Irrigation District
Rural Communities and SGMA (English and Spanish)
Implementing SGMA
Department of Water Resources SGMA portal: Look up an address to locate which Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) you live in here.
Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (NSV IRWMP) involves six counties and formed over 10 years ago, more information here.
Feather River Regional Agricultural Water Management Plan 2020 Update
Northern California Water Association Sustainable Groundwater Management
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Water Policy Center
Groundwater Resources Association of California - Northern Sacramento Valley Branch
The State of California enacted SBx7-7 (2009) otherwise known as Agricultural Water Use Efficiency aka AG WUE; other sections of SBx7 cover urban water use efficiency. Agricultural water suppliers subject to the requirements in the Butte Subbasin have submitted two water supply management reports to the state, they can be found here. The Feather River Regional Agricultural Water Management Plan submitted by Biggs-West Gridley WD, Butte WD, Richvale ID and Western Canal Water District can also be found here alphabetically.
Department of Water Resource Northern Sacramento Valley Groundwater Elevation Change and Contour Maps can be found here.
Butte County groundwater conditions are available here.
Butte Basin Water Users Association and Butte Basin Groundwater Model information here.
Colusa Groundwater Authority (CGA) information here.
Glenn Groundwater Authority (GGA) information here.