Kern County Groundwater Subbasin & SGMA Compliance

Study: Absent major changes, new groundwater rules will cost Kern 24,000 jobs (Kyle HARVEY, BakersfieldNow.com; November 13, 2018)

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/study-absent-major-changes-new-groundwater-rules-will-cost-kern-24000-jobs

As California’s Groundwater Free-For-All Ends, Gauging What’s Left (Felicity BARRINGER, Stanford University – Groundwater & the West; November 9, 2018)

https://west.stanford.edu/news/blogs/and-the-west-blog/2018/california-s-groundwater-free-all-ends-grappling-how-measure-what-s-left

Kern County downsizes groundwater management role, raising concerns of state intervention (John COX, Bakersfield Californian; September 25, 2018)

https://www.bakersfield.com/news/county-downsizes-groundwater-management-role-raising-concerns-of-state-intervention/article_67726fec-bdef-11e8-b97a-6b60d6dc6334.html

Publications:

Kern County Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan Support 2017 Grant Application (Attachment 3 – Project Justification)

https://water.ca.gov/LegacyFiles/irwm/grants/sgwp/sgwp_docs/2017_Solicitation/Applications/Kern%20River%20Groundwater%20Sustainability%20Agency/Att3_2017SGWPC2_ProjJus_1of1.pdf

California’s Groundwater – Working Toward Sustainability [Bulletin 118 Interim Update, California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR); December 22, 2016]

https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/Statewide-Reports/Bulletin_118_Interim_Update_2016.pdf

Map: Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region – San Joaquin Valley (CA DWR, 2016)

Websites:

Kern County Subbasin

(SGMA – CA Water Boards)

https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sgma/groundwater_basins/kern-county-subbasin.html

San Joaquin Valley – Kern County (Groundwaterexchange.org)

https://groundwaterexchange.org/basin/san-joaquin-valley-14/

Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA)

http://www.kernrivergsa.org/

Kern Groundwater Authority Groundwater Sustainability Agency (5.022.14 San Joaquin Valley Kern County) [SGMA Groundwater Management Portal; CA DWR]

https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/306

Groundwater Regulations [Water Association of Kern County (WAKC)]

http://www.wakc.com/water-issues/groundwater-regulation/

Kern Groundwater Authority (KGA)

http://www.kerngwa.com/

California Active Water Level Network (USGS)

https://groundwaterwatch.usgs.gov/statemap.asp?sc=06&sa=CA