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Calaveras water officials propose county-specific GSA to address groundwater overdraft
Summary
Calaveras County Water District staff told supervisors they are exploring creating a Calaveras Groundwater Sustainability Agency to replace the multi-county Eastside GSA, citing governance and cost‑sharing challenges under SGMA and seeking board direction to develop scenarios and a groundwater assessment.
Andrew Wrenshaw, water resources manager at the Calaveras County Water District, told the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28 that county officials are exploring forming a Calaveras-specific Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) to oversee Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) compliance within the county’s portion of the Eastern San Joaquin groundwater basin.
“Local management occurred through the development of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency,” Wrenshaw said, summarizing SGMA’s framework and the “six undesirable results” the law seeks to prevent. He described the Eastside San Joaquin basin as “critically overdrafted” and said the county’s portion is a relatively…
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