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2 Water: Policy and Politics Richard Waycott, ABC (Moderator) Lester Snow, California Water Foundation Dorene D Adamo, State Water Resources Control Board David Orth, Kings River Conservation District Barry Bedwell, California Fresh Fruit Assoc.
3 Lester Snow California Water Foundation
4 Custom Layout Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Almond Board of California December 10, 2014 An initiative of Resources Legacy Fund
5 Custom Layout 2014: Year of Water Historic Drought Governor s Water Action Plan Historic Groundwater Legislation Passage of Proposition 1
6 Current Drought Conditions
7 Storage Conditions
8 Lake Oroville April 5, 2014
9 Custom Layout Lake Oroville November 8, 2014
10 Drought Forecast
11 Groundwater in Context 40% of supply in an average year; 60% in dry Critical part of integrated management Flexible source for storage and use
12 Groundwater in Context Several decades of increasing use Reduction in surface supplies Hardening of demand Increasing landowner conflicts
13 Problems With Overdraft Subsidence threatens infrastructure Reduced water for species Reduced surface supplies Increased drilling/pumping costs Increased costs for taxpayers, business, farmers
14 Custom Layout Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Fundamental change in groundwater management Sustainability Goal (20 years with 5 year milestones) Local Empowerment Local authorities to manage groundwater Local agency formation (Groundwater Sustainability Agencies, GSAs) Local plans (Groundwater Sustainability Plans, GSPs) Exempts adjudicated basins State Role Assistance (financial and technical) Plan Review Back-Stop
15 Time Frame for Success Time Action 6/30/2017 Formation of GSAs 1/31/2020 Completion of GSPs in critically overdrafted basins 1/31/2022 Completion of GSPs in all other basins 20-year implementation period Implementation of GSPs under local management Taking these actions shields local managers from state intervention
16 The Backstop State Board Intervention After Cause of Intervention 6/30/2017 No GSAs 1/31/2020 In critically overdarfted basins, no GSA or GSP is inadequate 1/31/2022 In other basins, no GSA or GSP inadequate and basin in long-term overdraft 1/31/2025 GSP is inadequate and significant depletions of interconnected surface waters In all triggering events, interventions is the result of a failure by the locals to create a GSA and adopt and implement a GSP.
17 Custom Layout CASGEM Groundwater Basin Prioritization
18 Jurisdiction Formation
19 Custom Layout 2015 Issues and Opportunities Drought Conditions SGMA Implementation Bond Implementation Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)
20 Custom Layout Integrated Water Management
21 Dorene D Adamo State Water Resources Control Board
22 Beyond Drought: California Water Action Plan & Sustainable Groundwater Management The Almond Conference December 10, 2014 Sacramento Convention Center
23 Big Year for California Water Administration Outlines California Water Action Plan Prop 1- Water Bond Groundwater Legislation Passed and Signed by the Governor
24 Extended 3 Year Drought
25 Emergency Response
26 The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 Requires sustainable groundwater management Promotes local control
27 Key Principles: Groundwater best managed at the local/regional level Groundwater needs to be managed sustainably Local agencies should have necessary authority & tools State assistance and oversight intervention only when needed
28 The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 Requires Groundwater Sustainability Plans in highand medium-priority basins Authorizes management tools for local agencies Creates state backstop Defines time frame for accomplishing goals
29 New Local Management Tools Requires creation of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies Empowers GSAs to: Register groundwater wells Measure extractions Require reports Manage extractions Assess fees Exempts preparation of local groundwater sustainability plans from CEQA Establishes sustainability goal over time to guide management
30 Time Frame for Success Time Action 6/30/2017 Formation of GSAs 1/31/2020 Completion of GSPs in critically overdrafted basins 1/31/2022 Completion of GSPs in all other basins 20-year implementation period Implementation of GSPs under local management These actions shield local managers from state intervention
31 Backstop - State Board Intervention After June 30, 2017 Jan. 31, 2020 Cause of Intervention No GSA In critically overdrafted basins, no GSP or GSP is inadequate Jan. 31, 2022 Jan. 31, 2025 In other basins, no GSP or GSP is inadequate and basin is in long-term overdraft GSP is inadequate and significant depletions of interconnected surface waters In all triggering events, intervention is the result of a failure by the locals to create a GSA and adopt and implement a GSP.
32 Undesirable Results: Chronic lowering of groundwater levels (not including overdraft during a drought, if a basin is otherwise managed); AND Significant and unreasonable: reductions in groundwater storage seawater intrusion degradation of water quality land subsidence surface water depletions adversely impacting beneficial uses 32
33 PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE California Conservation Financing Safe Drinking Water Water Action Plan Operational Efficiency Flood Protection California Water Action Plan Delta Co- Equal Goals Ecosystem Restoration Regional Self Reliance Prepare for Dry Periods Storage and Groundwater 33
34 Increase Regional Self-Reliance & Integrated Water Management
35 Expand Water Storage Capacity & Improve Groundwater Management
36 Thank you
37 David Orth Kings River Conservation District
38 Sustainable Groundwater and Surface Storage David Orth, Kings River Conservation District
39 Groundwater Legislation Key Objectives Local Management Groundwater Sustainability Plans Land Use Coordination Link Groundwater Sustainability to Surface Water Enhancement State Technical Support State Oversight/Intervention Respect Surface Water and Private Property Rights
40 Groundwater Legislation - Issues and Challenges Lack of a Common Understanding Engage Stakeholders in Organization and Planning Align Basin Boundaries with Reality Impact of neighboring Basin activity DWR Rulemaking to clarify terms, processes, etc. Groundwater Sustainability Agency Creation Role of water agencies Role of counties Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development Data collection Reasonable Timelines??? Litigation Threat???
41 Next Steps Local Outreach and Communication Clear understanding of the Act GSA formation 6/30/17 GSP development 1/31/2020 (and later) GSP implementation Sustainability within 20 years Rulemaking and Regulations 2015 Legislation?? Technical cleanup Expedited adjudication
42 California Surface Storage Surface reservoir storage capacity 42 million acre feet Federal has 11 million acre feet of storage capacity (Central Valley Project) delivers about 7 MAF/year State has 5.8 million acre feet of storage capacity (State Water Project) delivers about 2.3 MAF/year Local ( i.e. Pine Flat, Terminus, Success, Isabella) Average annual runoff approximately 71 million acre feet (DWR 1998)
43 Future Storage State and Federal Projects (collectively add about 4.5 MAF to total storage capacity) Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Sites Reservoir (North-of-the-Delta Offstream storage) Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Temperance Flat Reservoir (upper San Joaquin River Basin), Regional surface and groundwater storage projects More than 27 million acre feet of new surface and groundwater storage projects are being considered statewide How much can we afford to capture?
44 California Groundwater Facts 431 groundwater basins delineated 24 basins subdivided into 108 subbasins giving a total of 515 distinct groundwater systems 850 million to 1.3 billion acre feet of groundwater storage (DWR 1994) Approximately 149 to 450 million acre feet is estimated to be useable About 250 million acre feet of groundwater storage capacity is available statewide 170 million acre feet of that 250 is in the Central Valley Annual groundwater extractions average about 16.5 million acre feet 39% of state s total water supply Overdraft between 1 and 2 million acre feet annually (DWR 2003)
45 Groundwater Storage - Maximize Recharge More surface storage to control peak flows More dedicated recharge basins Expand Conveyance Capacity On-farm flood water utilization
46 Barry Bedwell, California Fresh Fruit Association
47 Water: Policy and Politics Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Sacramento Convention Center Barry Bedwell, President California Fresh Fruit Association THE ALMOND CONFERENCE
48 Background of the Association Origins dating back to 1921; Growers & Shippers Protective League and Table Grape Growers & Shippers Association Voluntary, non-profit representing about 85%, by volume, fresh permanent crops with the exception of avocados and citrus Membership ranges from Coachella Valley to Lake County Primary public policy advocate in Sacramento & DC Different from mandatory commissions Changed name to California Fresh Fruit Association in Aug 2014 formally California Grape and Tree Fruit League
49 The Lack of Water and What Has Changed Since Landmark Drought of 1977 In 1977 there were 22 Million Californians, today 38 Million [+16,000,000 an increase of 72%] In 1977 our per capita income was $8,500, today $42,500 [+$34,000 an increase of 400%] In 1977 gross farm revenue was $9.6 Billion, today $45 Billion [+$35,400,000,000 an increase of 368%] Since 1977 a multitude of government regulatory and policy decisions have placed a raft of priority environmental uses ahead of historic human needs and have reduced the average water supply for CVP South of Delta Ag Service Contractors from 90% reliability to 40% reliability.
50 Environmental Edicts Impacting Water Supply 1978 State Water Resources Control Board Dec ESA Winter Run Salmon Temperature Control 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act 1994 ESA Delta Smelt Biological Opinion 1995 Water Quality Control Plan re Clean Water Act 1997 Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan 2000 Trinity River Restoration Plan 2008 Delta Smelt Biological Opinion v Salmon Biological Opinion
51 Title and Content, How 50% of the Available Water Goes to Environmental Purposes Origins dating back to 1921; Growers & Shippers Protective League and Table Grape Growers & Shippers Association Voluntary, non-profit representing about 85%, by volume, fresh permanent crops with the exception of avocados and citrus Membership ranges from Coachella Valley to Lake County Primary public policy advocate in Sacramento & DC Different from mandatory commissions Changed name to California Fresh Fruit Association in Aug 2014
52 Title and Content, Chronology of Federal Legislation February 5, 2014 House passes HR 3964 Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act authored by Congressman Valadao (CA 21) May 22, 2014 Senate passes S 2198 Emergency Drought Relief Act authored by Senator Feinstein November post election negotiations to reconcile bills make impressive progress Environmentalists and their elected representatives say that Senator Feinstein crafting secret water deal ; editorials follow
53 Title and Content, Chronology of Federal Legislation November 20, 2014 Senator Feinstein announces that we will be unable to present an agreed-upon proposal before Congress adjourns this year ; says that she will introduce bill in January under regular order On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Congressman Valadao (CA-21), with the support of Congressman Costa (CA-16) and California House Republicans, introduce water legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at providing short- term relief
54 Title and Content, Take Away Messages The prospect for meaningful relief via Federal legislation has been materially diminished On the positive side, the key relationship between Senator Feinstein and Congressman Nunes is improving Representatives Valadao, Denham, Costa and McCarthy continue to provide critical support for the issue The chances to change or amend the ESA are slim; update may be a more appropriate term State regulation through the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is a key challenge to the future The conjunctive use of water must be fully understood and promoted by production agriculture The almond community should understand the target on their back and be prepared to respond in a positive manner
55 Thank You for Your Time and Attention
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