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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER
MEMORANDUM NO. 17-04
Date: February 1, 2017
From: Joseph Zoba, Treasurer
Subject: Review and Discussion of the Conceptual Framework for the
Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the San
Timoteo Basin 8-2.08
Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee request to identified as a
stakeholder within the San Timoteo Basin Memorandum of
Agreement for the Sustainability Groundwater Management Act.
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) established a new structure for
managing California’s groundwater resources at a local level by local agencies. SGMA
requires the formation of locally-controlled groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) in
the State’s high- and medium-priority groundwater basins and subbasins (basins). A GSA
is responsible for developing and implementing a groundwater sustainability plan to meet
the sustainability goal of the basin to ensure that it is operated within its sustainable yield,
without causing undesirable results.
Since the Beaumont Basin is
adjudicated, the management
of the Beaumont subbasin
significantly contributes to the
overall sustainability of the San
Timoteo Basin.. However, the
remaining portion of the San
Timoteo Basin (8-2.08) resides
within the boundary of the
Beaumont Cherry Valley Water
District, the Yucaipa Valley
Water District, Eastern
Municipal Water District, the
City of Redlands, and the San
Gorgonio Pass Water Agency.
The purpose of this agenda
item is to discuss the concept regarding the formation of a groundwater sustainablity
agency to manage the groundwater supplies beyond the boundary of the Beaumont Basin
Watermater in the remaining portion of the San Timoteo Basin.
