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Calaveras officials weigh splitting from multi-county groundwater agency to better manage local aquifer
Summary
Calaveras County officials heard a detailed SGMA briefing Oct. 28 and directed staff to work with the Calaveras County Water District to evaluate forming a standalone Calaveras Groundwater Sustainability Agency to address governance, cost-sharing and local monitoring ahead of the 2040 sustainability deadline.
Calaveras County supervisors on Oct. 28 heard a presentation from the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and a proposal to form a Calaveras-only Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Andrew Wrenshaw, CCWD water resources manager, told the board the Eastern San Joaquin groundwater basin that overlaps Calaveras County is designated critically overdrafted and that local governance under the current multi-county Eastside GSA has presented coordination and cost-sharing challenges. "We can be more nimble with our own GSA," Wrenshaw said,…
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