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Kern Groundwater Authority GSA

5-022.14 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY KERN COUNTY

Point of Contact Information

AGSA Eligibility Determination

  1. Kern Groundwater Authority (KGA) provides local policy makers, stakeholders, and the public a forum to monitor, report and/or discuss groundwater activities and identify and address any local groundwater issues. The KGA was formed for the purpose of: 1. Coordinating groundwater management programs and activities; 2. Identifying and addressing issues pertaining to sustainable groundwater management; and 3. Establishing a framework for local groundwater management
  2. No

BDecision to Become a GSA

  1. 04/26/2017
  2. B.2 KGA GSA Proof of Publication.pdf (409kB) Uploaded on 05/24/2017 at 03:42PM

CType of GSA Formation and Contact Information

    Kern Groundwater Authority GSA
  1. Patricia Poire
  3. SINGLE

DMap & Service Area Boundaries

  1. 5-022.14 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY KERN COUNTY
  2. D.2.1 Kern Groundwater Authority Agencies.pdf (4.2MB) Uploaded on 06/29/2017 at 03:47PM KGA_GSA_202307.pdf (2.6MB) Uploaded on 08/16/2023 at 04:51PM
  3. GEI Consultants, revised Provost & Pritchard on 08/18/22 KGA_GSA_ServiceArea_20220818.zip (118.2kB) Uploaded on 08/30/2022 at 11:33AM
  4. Provost and Pritchard Consulting KGS_GSA_20230726.zip (166.9kB) Uploaded on 08/16/2023 at 04:50PM
  5. The KGAGSA members include 11 different agencies and organizations with vested interests in the Kern County Groundwater Subbasin. However, these 11 agencies have service areas that in some cases extend beyond the Bulletin-118 assigned basin boundaries. For this reason the KGAGSA members' service areas do not coincide exactly with the GSA area. Boundary's for KGAGSA were defined to include areas that would otherwise be unmanaged due to the fact that Kern County was a member of the KGAGSA and by definition the County's service area covers the entirety of the subbasin. Revised GSA boundary uploaded on 06/11/2018 is to coincide with a Kern River GSA boundary adjustment that both GSAs agreed to. Additional boundary adjustments were uploaded on 05/31/2019 to allow for modifications made to adjacent GSA boundaries. Additional boundary adjustments were uploaded on 11/29/2021 to allow for 3 member agencies to form their own GSAs. Additional boundary adjustments were uploaded on 01/26/2023 to allow for a member agency to form their own GSA. The KGAGSA is working on the updated GSP due by January 1, 2025 and is currently working with the other Kern subbasin GSAs on a Basin Study which will provide scientific data about water flows and native groundwater yield and thus has recommended that all its members become a GSA but remain a member of the KGAGSA. Thus an additional boundary adjustment were uploaded on 08/16/2022 to allow for 1 member agency to become a GSA. Additional boundary adjustments were uploaded on 11/03/2022 to allow for 2 member agencies to become a GSA. Additional boundary adjustments were uploaded on 01/27/2023 to accommodate a member agency to become their own GSA, leaving 3 remining member agencies. Another additional boundary adjustment was uploaded on 03/24/2023 to accommodate one more member agency to become a GSA, leaving 2 remaining members to request a boundary adjustment to accommodate their request to become a GSA. Of the remaining 2, one member is requesting to become a GSA with a new upload on 04/24/23. As of 08/16/23, the remaining member has requested to become a GSA with a new GSA boundary uploaded for review. This change does not impact the 11 existing KGA member units. GSA Formations Executed 11222021.pdf (552.5kB) Uploaded on 11/29/2021 at 11:28AM

ERequired Documents

  1. E.1 KGA- Interested Parties.doc (36.5kB) Uploaded on 05/24/2017 at 04:02PM
  2. E.2 Kern Subbasin GSAs.pdf (3.6MB) Uploaded on 06/29/2017 at 03:45PM
  3. KGAGSA did not adopt any new by laws, ordinances, or new authorities.