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Section 3
Status of the Basin and Administration of the Judgment
3.8 Recommendations
The Rules and Regulations, initially adopted in June 2004, were developed with the
understanding that they should be revisited and/or revised from time to time to make sure
they were consistent with the provisions of the Judgment. Revisions to the Rules and
Regulations have been made over the years with the latest revision changing the reporting of
Watermaster activities from a fiscal year basis to a calendar year basis.
Since the completion of the previous report, Watermaster is in the process of conducting
additional groundwater studies that may be used to address some of the recommendations
from previous years including:
The development of a methodology to account for new yield from capturing local
stormwater in the basin.
The development of a methodology to account for groundwater storage losses in the
basin resulting from the spreading of additional water sources.
The development of a methodology to account for recycled water recharge.
In preparing this annual report and through the review of previous annual reports, we have
identified a number of issues/activities that should be considered by the Watermaster to
ensure accurate accounting of production, transfers, recharge, and storage. It should be
noted that many of the recommendations provided in this section have been previously
documented in prior annual reports. Our recommendations are as follows:
Consider adopting additional resolutions to address other accounting aspects related to
the conversion of annual reporting from a fiscal year basis to a calendar year basis. The
following issues should be reported on a calendar year basis:
9 Water transfers between Appropriators
9 Transfers of unused production from Overlying Parties to Appropriators
9 Spreading of imported water, recycled water, and new yield developed
Develop a protocol to increase the accuracy and consistency of data reported to the
Watermaster. Watermaster should identify a person and/or entity to be the central
repository for data collection, transfer, and exchange. This person/entity shall be
responsible for the collection and distribution of all groundwater production, water
level, groundwater recharge, and water quality information. Quality control of the data
in its various forms including checks for errors, omissions, and inconsistencies
between the reporting agencies and/or parties should be part of this process.
Develop a policy to account for transfers of water that may result when an
Appropriator provides water service to an Overlying Party. Section 7 of the Rules and
Regulations, Adjustments for Rights, provides initial guidelines to execute this
transfer; however, it needs to be enhanced in the following areas: a) data
requirements to complete the transfer, b) review process by Watermaster, c)
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