Emergency Regulations and List of Overdrafted Basins

The clock is ticking for submission of public comments on two groundwater-related issues being addressed by the California Department of Water Resources.

Comments are due Sept. 4 on DWR’s proposed draft emergency regulations governing how groundwater basin boundaries may be modified or redrawn under the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Adoption by the California Water Commission is slated for October or November. More information can be found here.

Also, the public has until Sept. 25 to submit comments on DWR’s draft list of critically overdrafted groundwater basins and subbasins. The proposed list contains 21 groundwater basins and subbasins, and will be finalized in October. Basins that are included on the final list must meet earlier deadlines for being managed under a Groundwater Sustainability Plan than other basins. More information, including the draft list, can be found here.