Greater Kaweah GSA Combined RCC & SC Meeting 2015 GEI VP Planning Meeting Succession Greater Kaweah GSA Combined RCC & SC Meeting www.GreaterKaweahGSA.org Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Mike

ITEM 3: MINUTES

ITEM 4: GKGSA MEETINGS

GKGSA Meetings December 4th TAC meeting (canceled) Rescheduled for January 17th. Reviewing Basin Setting/water budget (substantial comments due 1/18/19) December 10th Board meeting Next meeting January 14th. Election of new officers, approval of FY 2019 budget

ITEM 5: SUBBASIN COORDINATION

Subbasin Coordination December 18th South Valley SGMA Practitioner’s Roundtable in Tulare December 20th Kaweah Subbasin Management Team Committee Meeting

Technical Support Services Grant As of 1/8/2019, the TSS funding application, with additional information provided by GEI, is under review at DWR.

Kaweah Subbasin Coordination Numerical Model Calibrated model checks have been completed and the model has been made available to the GSA managers. Subbasin Basin Setting Components Report Subbasin Tech Team is providing comments to consultants on document. All comments to be received by 1/18/2019. Subbasin Tech Team has been meeting regularly to review the development of SMCs and the Subbasin level definitions of Undesirable Results. Selected Measurable Objectives to be run in the Numerical Model as a comparison of subbasin’s performance.

Sustainable Management Criteria Interim Milestone Measurable Objective Groundwater Level Operating Range Drought Buffer Drought Reserve Minimum Threshold Undesirable Results 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Time

Sustainable Management Criteria SGMA requires that the basin be operated within its sustainable yield Must develop a common Sustainability Goal Must develop common definitions of Undesirable Results Mid-Kaweah white paper has been given Advisory Committee input

ITEM 7: GSP DEVELOPMENT

GSP Development Basin Setting Chapter Monitoring Network Chapter GKGSA Basin Setting Chapter to be completed once comments from Subbasin’s GSAs have been addressed in the Subbasin Wide Basin Setting Components report. Monitoring Network Chapter Chapter to be completed with the selection of Representative Monitoring Sites and development of plan to identify data gaps identified. Sustainability Goal and Undesirable Results Chapter Draft of chapter to be completed with approval of Undesirable Results definitions and adoption of Sustainability Goal for the Subbasin. Projects and Management Actions Chapter Work on this chapter to begin with refinement of Projects Matrix from GKGSA.

GSP Development Schedule (6-Month Look Ahead) SUBBASIN ACTIVITIES Complete Groundwater Model Update Groundwater Model Simulations Complete Basin Setting/Water Budget SMC Goal and SI Assessment Define Management Areas Water Level Projections Develop Thresholds and Objectives for MAs 2018 Nov Dec Jan 2019 Feb Mar Apr Complete Basin Setting Chapter GSA Specific Model Simulations Projects and Management Actions Draft Monitoring Network Chapter SMC Thresholds and Objectives – Iterative Process Developed by Stakeholders Informed by technical information including groundwater modeling GSA Deliverable Complete Monitoring Network Chapter Complete SMC Chapter

GKGSA GSP CRITICAL PATH SCHEDULE

GKGSA - Call for Projects SGMA requires that GSAs include a description of proposed projects, as well as: Public Notice and Outreach Process Permitting and Regulatory Process Benefits of Each Project Source and Reliability of Water for Each Project Legal Authority Required Costs and Funding CEQA/NEPA Considerations The GSP chapter describing these projects will also include a description of the Management Actions and Adaptive Management practices to be implemented.

GKGSA - Call for Projects

Projects & Management Actions Comments received on proposal form and concepts matrix: Is addressing Climate Change required by SGMA? Are DACs the goal, or are undesirable results that impact drinking water the goal? Increase emphasis on Ag. Ag needs to be treated as a key player since as a whole conservation management actions are going to ask Ag to give up the most. Next steps? Set a date to launch an open call for project and management action concept proposals Begin evaluating submitted concepts Solicit and begin to develop specific projects and management actions to be considered for cost analysis and numeric model run

Management Area Considerations

Management Area Considerations Conceptual Hydrogeologic Delineations

Management Area Considerations Conceptual Hydrogeologic Delineations Cross Section Index

Management Area Considerations Kaweah Subbasin = 441,000 acres GK = 219,000 acres White Areas = 57,000 acres (~26%) 29 surface water service area units (excluding KDWCD) Cities, CSDs, PUDs?

ITEM 7: COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT

Communication & Engagement Dec 13th - CV-SALTS Panel Management Zones development, GSA involvement Dec 17th - SHE SGMA educational video interview Small drinking water systems and rural residential TBD - Exeter Lions Club speakers bureau Jan 25th - University of Massachusetts SGMA Interview Feb 13th – World Ag Expo SGMA Panel March 7th – CA Citrus Mutual Showcase: SGMA Panel SUGGESTIONS?

ITEM 8: INTER-BASIN COORDINATION

ITEM 9: FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS/MEETINGS