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Workshop Memorandum 17-074
Date: May 30, 2017
From: Jennifer Ares, Water Resource Manager
Subject: Review of the Memorandum of Agreement to form a Groundwater Sustainability
Agency for the Yucaipa Subbasin
On Sept. 16, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a three-bill legislative package, known
as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (the “Act”). The Act provides a
framework for sustainable management of groundwater supplies by local authorities, with a limited
role for state intervention only if necessary to protect the resource. The Act protects existing
surface water and groundwater rights and requires the formation of local groundwater
sustainability agencies (GSAs) that must assess conditions in their local water basins and adopt
locally-based management plans.
The District has been actively involved in the development of the Groundwater Sustainability
Agency for the Yucaipa Sub-basin. Additional agencies involved within the basin are South
Mountain Water Company, Western Heights Water Company, City of Calimesa, City of Redlands,
City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, and San Gorgonio Pass Water
Agency.
In order to become a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Yucaipa Sub-basin, each party
of the Agreement must conduct a public hearing and obtain Board and/or Council approval. The
attached Memorandum of Agreement will be subject to approval at the June 6, 2017 board
meeting. All documents required for the GSA must be submitted to the Department of Water
Resources by June 30, 2017.
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