On Monday, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) implemented new groundwater basin boundary regulations.  The action comes well in advance of the January 1, 2016 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act deadline, effectively giving local agencies an additional six weeks to prepare their requests for any basin boundary changes.  DWR will accept requests from local agencies for basin boundary modifications from January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016.  Information on the regulations as well as the new web-based reporting system and Groundwater Basin Boundary Assessment Tool can be accessed here.