This week, the California Water Commission approved the California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) emergency regulations for groundwater basin and subbasin boundary modifications. The emergency regulations will next be submitted to the Office of Administrative law for processing. It is anticipated that the emergency regulations will take effect on January 1, 2016, as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
The emergency regulations detail the information required, the process for requesting a modification of the existing boundaries of basins and subbasins as identified in Bulletin 118, and the methodology and criteria DWR will use to approve basin boundary modification requests. Detailed information on the basin boundary regulations can be accessed here.