Tule Subbasin Coordination Agreement
Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Pixley Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Tri-County Water Authority Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Lower Tule River Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Delano Earlimart Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Alpaugh Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Alpaugh GSA), Tulare County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Tulare County GSA) | January 16th, 2020
Pursuant to 23 Cal. Code Regs. §357.4(a), the GSAs hereby enter into this Coordination Agreement. The Tule Subbasin identified by DWR as No. 5-22-13 of the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, Figure 1-1, is currently composed of seven GSAs. Each GSA within the Tule Subbasin has previously submitted notice to the Department of its intent to implement and develop its own GSP pursuant to 23 CCR §353.6. As a result, a Coordination Agreement is necessary as multiple GSAs within the Tule Subbasin are developing and implementing independent GSPs. The purpose of this Coordination Agreement is to fulfill all statutory and regulatory requirements related to Intra-basin coordination agreements pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”).
Keywords
Central Valley, Central Valley Project (CVP), Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), planning and management, subsidence, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)