The Owens Valley Groundwater Authority is a joint exercise of powers agency composed of Inyo County, City of Bishop, Indian Creek-Westridge CSD, and Big Pine CSD. Each of these members has water supply, water management, or land use responsibilities and is thus eligible to individually form a GSA. The document forming the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority allows for tribes, federal agencies, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, PUC regulated private water companies, and other interested parties to have a voting role in GSA decision making. Two other agencies have joined the OVGA as Interested Parties, the Owens Valley Committee and the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe.

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05/10/2018

Public Notice OVGA.pdf (35.6kB) Uploaded on 05/17/2018 at 11:26AM sheet_proof_of_pub.pdf (65.7kB) Uploaded on 05/24/2018 at 01:38PM

Resolution 2018-02.pdf (184.2kB) Uploaded on 05/17/2018 at 11:33AM

OVGA Resolution 2022 08 Boundary Modification.pdf (130kB) Uploaded on 07/13/2022 at 02:20PM

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OVGA Mono TVGMD Fish Slough GSA figure.pdf (130.4kB) Uploaded on 08/01/2022 at 01:37PM

The Owens Valley Groundwater Authority's service area coincides with the combined boundaries of the two subbasins comprising the Owens Valley Groundwater Basin located within Inyo County. owensvalley_ovga 2022 clip.zip (53.1kB) Uploaded on 07/13/2022 at 02:59PM

The GSA area boundary includes the combined boundaries of the two subbasins comprising the Owens Valley Groundwater Basin located within Inyo County. owensvalley_ovga 2022 clip.zip (53.1kB) Uploaded on 07/13/2022 at 02:59PM

The GSA boundary and the service area boundary are the same. The GSA boundary includes the portion of the groundwater Owens Valley Groundwater Basin, including both subbasins (Owens Valley Subbasin 6-012.01, and Fish Slough Subbasin 6-012.02) located solely within Inyo County. Lands not subject to SGMA including Los Angeles lands and State Lands (Owens Lake) are not considered within the GSA service area.

Included here is a letter providing an explanation of how the various interests given in CWC 10723.2 will be considered, and an explanation of how the four existing GSA's in the basin desire to replace those existing GSAs with a single GSA formed through a joint exercise of powers agreement. Attachments to the letter include maps of the intended boundary of the new GSA and the boundaries of the existing GSAs, proofs of publication of public of a public hearing convened by the OVGA to decide to become a GSA, a resolution of the OVGA deciding to become a GSA, the joint exercise of power agreement forming the GSA, resolutions by the four existing GSAs withdrawing their GSA status contingent on the OVGA becoming the exclusive GSA for the Basin, and a list of interested parties developed pursuant to CWC 10723.2. GSA_notice_narrative_2018-05-28.pdf (78.5kB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:07PM Ex E - GSA letter and withdrawal resolutions.pdf (933.8kB) Uploaded on 06/05/2018 at 01:24PM Ex A - Maps of GSA boundaries.pdf (1MB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:07PM Ex F - Stakeholder and Interested Party List.pdf (58.7kB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:09PM Ex B - Public hearing proofs of publication.pdf (913.7kB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:08PM Ex C - OVGA reso deciding to be GSA.pdf (758.1kB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:08PM Ex D - JPA forming OVGA.pdf (2.1MB) Uploaded on 05/29/2018 at 02:08PM

There are three local agencies that are proposed to be recognized as exclusive GSAs within the Basin. Two of these agencies - County of Mono and Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District - were members of the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority and have requested to reinstate their GSA status in 2022 contingent on the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority boundary modification. These areas of the existing GSAs are shown on the uploaded map. OV_GSAs.jpg (3.6MB) Uploaded on 05/21/2018 at 12:29PM

The Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement forming the Owens Valley Groundwater Management Authority is uploaded. SGMA.JPA.Signatures.08.01.2017.pdf (3.2MB) Uploaded on 05/21/2018 at 12:25PM