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.
The following 5 local public agencies have combined to form the Kern Water Bank Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Kern Water Bank GSA) by use of a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) pursuant to Water Code � 10723.6(a)(1): Kern County Water Agency, a California special district formed and existing pursuant to the Kern County Water Agency Act (uncodified California Water Code Chapter 99); Dudley Ridge Water District and Tejon-Castac Water District, California water districts formed and existing pursuant to the California Water District Law (Water Code � 34000, et seq.); and Semitropic Water Storage District and Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District, California water storage districts formed and existing pursuant to the California Water Storage District Law (Water Code � 39000, et seq.). The Kern Water Bank GSA has elected to manage the Kern Water Bank Lands pursuant to SGMA. The Kern Water Bank Lands consist of about 20,600 acres within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Kern County Water Agency, a signatory to the JPA, and the lands overlie a portion of the Kern County Subbasin of the San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin portion of the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region (Basin), as defined by Bulletin 118 of the California Department of Water Resources. The local public agencies forming the Kern Water Bank GSA have water supply and water management responsibilities in the Basin, and, therefore, are local agencies as defined by Water Code � 10721(n).
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.
11/16/2023
Upload a copy of the Government Code �6066 notice.
KCWA Proof of Publication.pdf (1.4MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:32PM Semitropic Proof of Publication.PDF (247.5kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:32PM Tejon-Castac Proof of Publication.pdf (75.8kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:32PM Wheeler Ridge Proof of Publication.PDF (246.6kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:32PM DRWD Proof of Publication.pdf (667.1kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:32PM
Upload a copy of resolution forming the new agency.
DRWD resolution.PDF (1.9MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:34PM

KCWA Resolution.pdf (1.5MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:34PM

Semitropic Resolution.PDF (1.7MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:34PM

Tejon-Castac Resolution.PDF (1.1MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:34PM

Wheeler Ridge Resolution.PDF (1.8MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 01:34PM
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

Kern Water Bank GSA

Select a Point of Contact (POC) for your GSA.
Jonathan Parker
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

DMap & Service Area Boundaries

Select Basin(s)/Subbasin(s) to be managed by the GSA.
5-022.14 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY KERN COUNTY
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.
kwb gsa proposed boundary.pdf (1.7MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:02PM basin with all GSAs.PDF (1.6MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:02PM basin with kwb GSA.PDF (1.4MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:05PM
Upload service area boundary GIS shape file.
Kern Water Bank GSA Shapefile zip.zip (9.5kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:07PM
Upload GSA area boundary GIS shape file.
Kern Water Bank GSA Shapefile zip.zip (9.5kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:09PM
If desired, please provide information that clarifies your service area boundary and GSA boundary, if those boundaries are different.

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.
KWB GSA List of Interested Parties v2.pdf (102.3kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:10PM
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.
List of Local Agencies.pdf (93.8kB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:11PM
Provide a description or upload a copy of any new by laws, ordinances, or new authorities adopted by the local agency.
KWB GSA JPA Final Fully Executed Version.PDF (2MB) Uploaded on 11/20/2023 at 02:11PM

Department of Water Resources

SGMA Portal

Kern Water Bank GSA

5-022.14 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY KERN COUNTY

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