Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Portal

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.
Mono County has land use authority within the basin. Mono County does not supply water. Water is provide by individual's private well, or a mutual water company.
Are you an "exclusive local agency" listed in Water Code �10723(c)?
No

Please enter the date your local agency, or agencies, decided to become or form a GSA.
05/17/2022
Upload a copy of the Government Code �6066 notice.
Pages from Sheet_04302022.pdf (276.3kB) Uploaded on 06/16/2022 at 02:04PM
Upload a copy of resolution forming the new agency.
R22-046.pdf (3.8MB) Uploaded on 06/16/2022 at 02:05PM
If desired, please upload or provide additional information related to your local agency's decision to become or form a GSA.
Mono County's request to become the GSA for portions of the Owens Valley Groundwater Basin not within the Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District boundaries, and within Mono County jurisdiction. Mono County and the Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District have withdrawn from the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority.

GSA Name

County of Mono GSA - Owens Valley

Select a Point of Contact (POC) for your GSA.
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?
SINGLE

Select Basin(s)/Subbasin(s) to be managed by the GSA.
6-012.01 OWENS VALLEY OWENS 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.
GSA_Tri Valley.pdf (846.9kB) Uploaded on 06/16/2022 at 02:27PM
Upload service area boundary GIS shape file.
Mono County does not provide water services. The GSA boundary is within the unincorporated jurisdiction of Mono County and subject to Mono County's land use authority and/or is located on Federally owned, or City of Los Angeles owned land within Mono County.
Upload GSA area boundary GIS shape file.
Mono_County_OwensValley_GSA.zip (5.1kB) Uploaded on 12/02/2022 at 06:32PM
If desired, please provide information that clarifies your service area boundary and GSA boundary, if those boundaries are different.
The GSA boundary is within unincorporated Mono County and served by the County. The County does not provide any water services.

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.
The Mono County Board of Supervisors will be the governing body of the GSA, interested parties will have individual supervisorial representation, their interests will be represented collectively by the whole Board, all meetings are noticed and agendized in accordance with the Brown Act. Interested parties include: Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District, Utu Utu Gwaitu Tribe, White Mountain Estates Mutual Water Company, Chalfant Valley West Mutual Water Company, Wheeler Crest Community Service District, City of Los Angeles? Department of Water and Power, Bureau of Land Management, Owens Valley Groundwater Management Authority, California Fish and Wildlife.
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.
Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District; the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority.
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 or ordinances have been adopted.

County of Mono GSA - Owens Valley