Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Portal

AGSA Eligibility Determination

Provide a description of your local agency's water supply, water management, or land use responsibilities within the groundwater basin / basins you intend to manage.
Together, Lebec County Water District (LCWD), Tejon-Castac Water District (TCWD), and Kern County comprise the Castac Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). All three parties are public agencies within the Castac Lake Valley Groundwater Basin (Basin). Two water supplier districts, LCWD and TCWD, serve customers in the Basin and are eligible to be GSAs by right of their water supply responsibilities (Water Code Section 10721). The service area boundaries of these districts are presented on Figure 1. Within the Basin, TCWD serves approximately 2,930 acres and LCWD serves approximately 240 acres. LCWD and TCWD manage approximately 60 acres of overlapping service areas in the Basin (Figure 1). The County has land use authority covering the entirety of Kern County. The Basin is wholly contained within Kern County, and therefore the County is eligible to be a GSA for all lands within the Basin. The Castac Basin GSA will manage the approximately 440 acres within the Basin that are within the County, but not within district service areas. There are no other entities within the Basin that manage groundwater. Together, the service areas of LCWD, TCWD, and Kern County (and that of the Castac Basin GSA) cover the entirety of the Castac Lake Valley Groundwater Basin.
Are you an "exclusive local agency" listed in Water Code �10723(c)?
No

BDecision to Become a GSA

Please enter the date your local agency, or agencies, decided to become or form a GSA.
03/20/2018
Upload a copy of the Government Code �6066 notice.
Proof of Legal Notice Posting.pdf (360.9kB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 01:28PM
Upload a copy of resolution forming the new agency.
Executed JPA_dated.pdf (3.1MB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 06:07PM
If desired, please upload or provide additional information related to your local agency's decision to become or form a GSA.

CType of GSA Formation and Contact Information

GSA Name

Castac Basin GSA

Select a Point of Contact (POC) for your GSA.
Angelica Martin
If you anticipate submitting multiple GSA notices on behalf of your local agency/GSA, please consider adding a "Local ID" for reference purposes to distinctly identify separate areas you intend to manage.
Is this a Single-Agency or Multiple-Agency GSA?
MULTIPLE
List Multiple-Agency Entities.
Kern County
Tejon-Castac Water District GSA
Lebec County Water District

DMap & Service Area Boundaries

Select Basin(s)/Subbasin(s) to be managed by the GSA.
5-029 CASTAC LAKE VALLEY
Upload a PDF map that clearly defines: (1) the service area boundaries of each local agency that is part of your GSA; and (2) the boundaries of the basin(s) or portion of the basin(s) your GSA intends to manage.
Fig1_CastacBasinGSA.pdf (787.5kB) Uploaded on 04/19/2018 at 11:18AM
Upload service area boundary GIS shape file.
LCWD and TCWD supplied and verified the service area boundaries presented in their corresponding GIS shapefiles. "White areas" outside of the LCWD and TCWD service areas are covered by the County of Kern, and the County boundary as represented in its shapefile shows only these "white areas." TCWD_ServiceArea_GSA_Submission.zip (23.7kB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 01:40PM KernCountyWhiteAreas.zip (19.7kB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 01:40PM LCWD_ServiceArea_GSA_Submission.zip (5.4kB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 01:40PM
Upload GSA area boundary GIS shape file.
The Castac Basin GSA boundary is coterminous with the Castac Lake Valley Basin boundary, and the GSA boundary shapefile is a clip from DWR groundwater basins shapefile for the Castac Lake Valley Basin. Castac_Basin_GSA.zip (16.4kB) Uploaded on 04/17/2018 at 01:40PM
If desired, please provide information that clarifies your service area boundary and GSA boundary, if those boundaries are different.
The service areas of LCWD and TCWD do not cover the entire Castac Lake Valley Basin. "White areas" outside of the LCWD and TCWD service areas are covered by the County of Kern. The service areas of the districts are those areas within each district's boundaries.

ERequired Documents

Provide a list of interested parties developed pursuant to Water Code Section 10723.2 and an explanation of how their interests will be considered in the development and operation of the GSA and the development and implementation of the GSP.
List_of_Interested_Parties.pdf (1.2MB) Uploaded on 04/19/2018 at 11:19AM
Provide a list of the other agencies managing or proposing to manage groundwater within the basin, or upload a document or map that provides the same information.
None.
Provide a description or upload a copy of any new by laws, ordinances, or new authorities adopted by the local agency.
No new by laws, ordinances, or new authorities were adopted by the local agencies.

Department of Water Resources

SGMA Portal

Castac Basin GSA

5-029 CASTAC LAKE VALLEY

Point of Contact Information

AGSA Eligibility Determination

BDecision to Become a GSA

CType of GSA Formation and Contact Information

DMap & Service Area Boundaries

ERequired Documents