Taking Greater Advantage of California’s Grand Groundwater Experiment

摘要

CALIFORNIA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), adopted in 2014, is still under way. Implementation is unfolding in phases. It started with the formation of groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) and reconsideration of groundwater basin boundaries. Next came the development and submission of groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) in critically overdrafted basins; those plans are currently undergoing state review. Now agencies are developing GSPs for the rest of the groundwater basins covered by SGMA, with a submission deadline of January 31, 2022.