Water

DSG Letter to the Editor Manteca Bulletin February 23, 2022
DSG Comments to the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Authority Febuary 9, 2022
Sierra Club 10.8.2020 memo asking for a complete Draft 2020 Addendum to the Eastern San Joaquin Integrated Regional Water Managment Plan and another round of review - 10.21.2020 meeting cancelled memo
Cimate Change Human Right to Water, Drought Continguency, SAFER Program, and Well Mitigation Program

The following are documents that are important to reference when evaluating the adequency of a water management plan to protect vulnerable water sources

Inter-model agreement on projected shifts in California hydroclimate characteristics critical to water management  Peer Reviewed Persad, G.G., Swain, D.L., Kouba, C. et al.  Climatic Change (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02882-4

Framework for a Drinking Water Well Impact Mitigation Program Written by Self-Help Enterprises, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, and the Community Water Center

Reviewing Groundwater Sustainability Plans In Accordance With State Agency Obligations to Consider the Human Right to Drinking Water Letter to State by the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Self-Help Enterprise, Community Water Center, American Rivers, and Union of Concerned Scientists

White Paper
Estimated Numbers of Californians Reliant on Domestic Wells Impacted as a Result of the
Sustainability Criteria Defined in Selected San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Sustainability
Plans and Associated Costs to Mitigate Those Impacts 9 April 2020
Prepared by EKI Environment & Water, Inc. for the Water Foundation

DWR Drought Contingency Program

SWRCB SAFER Program

Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Development

2014 IRWMP

2019 Update MOU and  Draft Decision Making Charter
The MOU establishes a regional water management group referred to as the Greater San Joaquin County Regional Coordinating Committee (Coordinating Committee), which will be responsible for updating and administering the IRWMP.  DWR 2016 requirements call for more diverse governance. This Committee is activity seeking diverse stakeholders to participate in the planning process.  Any organization with an interest in integrated regional water management planning may join the Greater San Joaquin County Coordinating Committee. Members could include but are not limited to such organizations as: water agencies, conservation groups, agriculture representatives, community action groups, businesses, tribal groups, and land use entities.

SJC Grant Proposal to be adopted by SJC Board of Supervisors 10.22.19;  Project 8 of Grant SJC - DAC Specific; New Website for SJC Water Advisory Commission and IRWM.

Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development

Groundwater Interest Survey - Please complete to find out what GSA you are located in and to get more involved 
Joint Powers Agreement for 17 Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) in the Eastern San Joaquin Sub-basin  (Secretary of State Certification

 

Proposition 1 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant under Agreement Number 4600011506

Submittals to Department of Water Resources Notice of Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation

Local agencies have submitted Groundwater Sustainability Agencies  formation notices to DWR for separate areas within the same basin. In our Eastern San Joaquin Sub-basin there are currently 15 Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA) each with a point of contact - with whom you should contact if you live within the GSA jurisdictional boundaries. Meeting are held on the Third Wednesday at the Ag Commissioners Office

ESJGA website                        

Notice of Groundwater Sustainability Plan submitted to DWR

San Joaquin County GSA
City of Stockton GSA
City of Lodi GSA
City of Manteca GSA
City of Lathrop GSA   (now in the Tracy Sub-basin)
Lockeford Community Water District GSA
Linden County Water District GSA
Stockton East Water District GSA
Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District GSA
Oakdale Irrigation District GSA
North San Joaquin Water Conservation District GSA
Central Delta Water Agency GSA
South Delta Water Agency GSA
South San Joaquin GSA
Woodbridge Irrigation District GSA  (requested resignation from the GWA - December 2018)
Eastside San Joaquin GSA (Calaveras County, Rock Creek Water District,  and Stanislaus County overlap areas)
San Joaquin County No,2 (California Water Service MOA and SJC Staff Report)

Map of GSAs within Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin


Comment Letters

Draft Plan Comment Letter August 2019
Collective Outreach Letter July 2019
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding Calwater 2019 Stockton District Rate Hearing May 2019
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding Prop 1 Model Report January 2019
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding City of Stockton Interim Municipal Service Review and Sphere of Influence
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Identification February 2019
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding Prop 1 Grant Deliverables - Model Report November 2018
Delta Sierra Group Letter Regarding Model and Water Budget June 2018
Delta Sierra Group Letter Objecting to the Use of Zone 2 Money to Fund CalWater's share Requesting use of Funds be Directed Towards Disadvantaged Communities Outreach April 2018
Sierra Club Support Letter for Disadvantaged Community Grant Application November 2017