Groundwater Sustainability Plan
3-049 MONTECITO
Base Information
Nick Turner (Montecito Groundwater Basin GSA)
583 San Ysidro Road
1 805 969 2271
sgma@montecitowater.com
583 San Ysidro Road
1 805 969 2271
sgma@montecitowater.com
Notice Date: 02/06/2023
The meeting announcement delivered on February 3, 2023 for the Montecito GSA Board of Directors Meeting on February 6, 2023 included an item indicating the GSA's intention to consider the adoption of the GSP on May 19, 2023. The meeting was noticed in accordance with the Brown Act and public notification included an Enews sent to the GSA’s stakeholder distribution list which included the County of Santa Barbara. The schedule for the GSA to adopt the GSP on May 19, 2023 was discussed at the February 6, 2023 Board of Directors meeting. The schedule for adoption was also available on the web site, referenced in advertisements and local media articles, and discussed at two Community Townhalls held on February 21, 2023 and April 17, 2023
20230203 MGB GSA BOD Packet_SGMAPortal.pdf (2.1MB)
Public Hearing Date: 05/19/2023
Montecito GSA GSP Adoption Notice.pdf (80.3kB)
Resolution 9_GSP Adoption_Final_Signed.pdf (134.4kB)
Montecito GSA GSP Adoption Notice.pdf (80.3kB)
Resolution 9_GSP Adoption_Final_Signed.pdf (134.4kB)
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (85.6MB)
Elements of the Plan
| File Name | GSP Regulation Element(s) | Uploaded Date & Time |
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| Title | Publication Name | Publish Date | Author(s) | File Name or URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Freshwater Species Database v2 | 2023-01-01 | TNC (The Nature Conservancy) | ||
| “QuickFacts: Montecito CDP, California.” People per household from 2014 to 2018 | 2020-06-01 | U.S. Census Bureau | ||
| Geology and Ground-Water Resources of the South-Coast Basins of Santa Barbara County, California | 1951-01-01 | Upson, J.E. | ||
| Web Soil Survey | 2020-05-01 | USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) | ||
| Ground-Water-Level Monitoring and the Importance of Long-Term Water-Level Data. US Geological Survey Circular 1217 | 2002-01-01 | USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) | ||
| Geohydrology, Geochemistry, and Ground-water Simulation-Optimization of the Central and West Coast Basins, Los Angeles County, California | 2003-01-01 | USGS | ||
| Streamflow Depletion by Wells–Understanding and Managing the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow | 2012-01-01 | USGS | ||
| Status of Groundwater Quality in the Santa Barbara Study Unit, 2011: California GAMA Priority Basin Project | 2016-01-01 | USGS | ||
| General Introduction for the "National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data.” (Version 1.1) | 2018-06-01 | USGS | ||
| National Water Information System: Mapper | 2019-01-01 | USGS | ||
| U.S. Geologic Survey Quaternary Faults Web Application. | 2020-01-01 | USGS | ||
| “StreamStats” [web application] | 2023-01-01 | USGS | ||
| Recycled Water Facilities Plan, Montecito Water District | 2018-11-01 | Woodard & Curran | ||
| Groundwater Thresholds Manual for Environmental Review of Water Resources in Santa Barbara County | 1992-08-20 | Baca, Brian | ||
| Montecito Water District Future Water Demand and Water Supply Options | 2007-03-01 | Bachman, Steven | ||
| Land Subsidence from Groundwater Use in California | 2014-04-01 | Borchers, James and Michael Carpenter | ||
| “Well Finder” [online mapping application]. California Department of Conservation. | 2023-01-01 | CalGEM (California Geologic Energy Management Division) | ||
| Montecito Sanitary District & Montecito Water District Enhanced Recycled Water Feasibility Analysis, Executive Summary. | 2022-11-01 | Carollo Engineers | ||
| “Steelhead Critical Habitat Streams” [GIS dataset]. National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) | 2017-06-21 | CBI (Conservation Biology Institute) | ||
| Cachuma Conservation Board - About Us | 2020-01-01 | Cachuma Conservation and Release Board | ||
| 2015 Urban Water Management Plan and Errata Sheet for Minor Corrections to the Central Coast Water Authority 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) | 2017-12-27 | Central Coast Water Authority | ||
| FY 2020-21 Budget | 2020-04-01 | Central Coast Water Authority | ||
| Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin. State Water Resources Control Board. | 2019-06-01 | Central Coast RWQCB (California Regional Water Quality Control Board – Central Coast Region) | ||
| California Geomorphic Provinces Note 36 | 2002-12-01 | CGS (California Geologic Survey) | ||
| Reference Evapotranspiration Zones | 2012-01-01 | CIMIS (California Irrigation Management Information System) | ||
| CIMIS Station Reports | 2019-01-01 | CIMIS (California Irrigation Management Information System) | ||
| Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board - History | 2019-01-01 | COMB (Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board) | ||
| Montecito Community Plan Update. County of Santa Barbara, Resource Management Department | 1995-12-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Toro Canyon Plan. County of Santa Barbara, Planning and Development, Comprehensive Planning Division | 2004-12-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Conservation Element: Groundwater Resources Section | 2009-05-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| “Environmental Resource Management Element (ERME).” In Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan | 2009-05-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| “Conservation Element.” In Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan. | 2010-08-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Santa Barbara County 2011 Groundwater Report | 2012-05-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Summerland Community Plan | 2014-05-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Long Term Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives Report | 2015-12-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Local Agency Management Program | 2015-07-21 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Environmental Thresholds and Guidelines Manual | 2018-03-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| “Daily & Monthly Rainfall.” | 2019-10-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Santa Barbara County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan | 2019-07-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Land Use Designation Geographic Information System Dataset | 2019-10-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| Coastal Land Use Plan | 2019-06-01 | County of Santa Barabara | ||
| “Summerland Oil Field.” PowerPoint Presentation by S. Curran | 2011-09-01 | CSLC (California State Lands Commission) | ||
| Ventura County Investigation. Division of Water Resources, Bulletin No. 46 | 1933-01-01 | DPW (California Department of Public Works) | ||
| Groundwater and Wells. 2nd ed. | 1986-01-01 | Driscoll, F. G. | ||
| “EnviroStor” [database] | 2023-01-01 | DTSC (Department of Toxic Substances Control) | ||
| Montecito Groundwater Basin Recharge Feasibility Study | 2015-09-01 | Dudek | ||
| Water Well Aquifer Study | 2015-07-01 | Dudek | ||
| Independent Analysis of the Montecito Groundwater Basin Prioritization | 2017-06-30 | Dudek | ||
| Water Well Standards | 1981-12-01 | DWR (California Department of Water Resources) | ||
| California Well Standards | 1991-06-01 | DWR (California Department of Water Resources) | ||
| Evaluation of Groundwater Overdraft in the Southern Central Coast Region, Part 2 | 1999-11-01 | DWR (Department of Water Resources) | ||
| Groundwater Basin Description for the Montecito Groundwater Basin | 2004-02-27 | DWR | ||
| California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) Program - Procedures for Monitoring Entity Reporting | 2010-12-01 | DWR | ||
| Summary of Recent, Historical, and Estimate Potential for Future Land Subsidence in California | 2014-01-01 | DWR | ||
| California Climate Science and Data for Water Resources Management | 2015-06-01 | DWR | ||
| Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater–Water Budget BMP | 2016-12-01 | DWR | ||
| Guidance Document for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Annotated Outline | 2016-12-01 | DWR | ||
| Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Monitoring Networks and Identification of Data Gaps | 2016-12-01 | DWR | ||
| Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Monitoring Protocols, Standards, and Sites | 2016-12-01 | DWR | ||
| Guidance Document for Groundwater Sustainability Plan – Stakeholder Communication and Engagement | 2018-01-01 | DWR | ||
| Guidance Document for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Guidance for Climate Change Data Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development | 2018-07-01 | DWR | ||
| Notices to State Water Project Contractors 2019 | 2019-01-18 | DWR | ||
| Sustainable Groundwater Management Act 2019 Basin Prioritization, Process and Results | 2020-05-01 | DWR | ||
| DWR SGMA Data Viewer–Boundaries, Bulletin 118 Groundwater Basins (2018) | 2020-01-01 | DWR | ||
| Disadvantaged Communities Mapping Tool | 2020-01-01 | DWR | ||
| DWR SGMA Data Viewer–Land Subsidence, Land Subsidence Layers and TRE Altamira Displacement Point Data | 2020-01-01 | DWR | ||
| NC Dataset Viewer—Natural Communities Commonly Associated with Groundwater (NCCAG) Dataset | 2020-01-01 | DWR | ||
| Agricultural Water Use Data 2006-2010 | 2021-01-01 | DWR | ||
| “Appendix B. Glossary.” In California’s Groundwater Update 2020. | 2021-11-01 | DWR | ||
| Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program | 2022-01-01 | DWR | ||
| State Water Project, Historical Table A Allocations, Water Years 1996-2023 | 2023-04-20 | DWR | ||
| Groundwater Pumping Allocations under California’s Sustainable Management Act: Considerations for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies | 2018-07-01 | EDF and New Current (Environmental Defense Fund and New Current Water and Land LLC) | ||
| Input Data Processing for the Integrated Hydrologic Model GSFLOW | Environmental Modelling and Software | 2018-07-30 | Gardner, A.M., C.G. Morton, J.L. Huntington, R.G. Niswonger, and W.R. Henson | |
| Groundwater Augmentation Feasibility Analysis for the Montecito Groundwater Basin | 2020-01-01 | GSI (GSI Water Solutions) | ||
| Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Montecito Ground Water Basins, County of Santa Barbara, California | 1974-01-01 | GTC (Geotechnical Consultants Inc | ||
| California Geology. 2nd ed. | 2004-01-01 | Harden, D | ||
| CRT - Cascade Routing Tool to Define and Visualize Flow Paths for Grid-based Watershed Models | 2013-01-01 | Henson, W.R., R.L. Medina, C.J. Meyers, R.G. Niswonger, and R.S. Regan | ||
| Delineation of Montecito Basin Evaluation of Recharge to Basin from Consolidated Rocks, Montecito Water District | 1979-04-18 | Hoover, M | ||
| Safe Yield Evaluation of the Montecito Basin and Toro Canyon Area for the Montecito Water District | 1980-03-21 | Hoover, M | ||
| Hydrogeologic Summary of the Carpinteria, Montecito, and Santa Barbara Water District Service Areas for Santa Barbara Regional Water Reclamation Study (Appendix D–CH2M Hill Project Report) | 1980-03-19 | Hoover, M | ||
| “Geochemical Investigations.” In Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers | Springer, Dordrecht | 1999-01-01 | Jones, B | |
| GDE Pulse: Taking the Pulse of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems with Satellite Data | 2019-01-01 | Klausmeyer, K.R., T. Biswas, M.M. Rohde, F. Schuetzenmeister, N. Rindlaub, I. Housman, and J.K. Howard | ||
| Deterioration of Coastal Water Aquifers: Causes and Impacts. | European Water | 2010-01-01 | Korfali, S.I., and M. Jurdi | |
| Geotechnical/Hydrologic Evaluation of Three Proposed Groundwater Wells in the Coastal Sub-Basin (Storage Unit 3) of the Montecito Groundwater Basin Santa Barbara County, California | 2015-11-01 | Loaiciga, H. A. | ||
| Resolution No. 1: Founding Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Montecito Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Including the Adoption of Governance Bylaws | 2019-04-29 | Montecito GSA (Montecito Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency) | ||
| Mission & Purpose: Established 2018 | 2023-01-01 | Montecito GSA | ||
| Update on Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). Montecito GSA Townhall | 2023-03-21 | Montecito GSA | ||
| Ground-Water Reconnaissance of the Santa Barbara–Montecito Area, Santa Barbara County, California | 1968-01-01 | Muir, K | ||
| Groundwater Basin Management Plan for the Montecito Water District | 1998-11-01 | MWD (Montecito Water District) | ||
| Montecito Water District Water Supply Optimization Plan | 2005-06-01 | MWD | ||
| Montecito Water District Future Water Demand and Water Supply Options | 2007-03-01 | MWD | ||
| Urban Water Management Plan 2015 Update | 2017-05-16 | MWD | ||
| Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Plan for Montecito Groundwater Basin #3-49 | 2018-03-12 | MWD | ||
| Montecito Water District Memorandum–Quarterly Drought and Water Supply Update | 2019-07-23 | MWD | ||
| Final 2020 Urban Water Management Plan | 2021-06-01 | MWD | ||
| NCEI GIS Mapping [database] | 2019-01-01 | NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) | ||
| Climate, Drought, and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. Technical Report CCCA4-CEC-2018-006. | 2018-08-01 | Pierce, D.W., J.F. Kalansky, and D.R. Cayan | ||
| Montecito Water District, California Department of Water Resources, Landscape Area Estimates Project | 2020-09-30 | Quantum Spatial Inc | ||
| Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: Guidance for Preparing Sustainability Plans | 2018-01-01 | Rohde, M.M., S. Matsumoto, J. Howard, S. Liu, L. Riege, and E.J. Remson | ||
| Handbook of Ground Water Development | 1990-01-01 | Roscoe Moss Company, ed | ||
| Montecito Community Plan Update. County of Santa Barbara Resource Management Department | 1995-12-01 | Santa Barbara County | ||
| Santa Barbara County Grand Jury Report, Lake Cachuma – Protecting a Valuable Resource | 2016-07-01 | SBCGJ (Santa Barbara County Grand Jury) | ||
| Chemical Cleaning, Disinfection and Decontamination of Water Wells | Johnson Screens | 2003-01-01 | Schnieders, J.H. | |
| Hydrogeologic Assessment of Bedrock Water Well Sites within the Montecito Water District for Montecito Water District, Santa Barbara, California | 1984-08-01 | Slade, R | ||
| Hydrogeologic Assessment Proposed Water Augmentation Measures Item No. 4–Seaward Migration of Groundwater for Montecito Water District | 1987-08-05 | Slade, R | ||
| Original Report and Addendum Hydrogeologic Assessment Determination of Groundwater in Storage within the Montecito Water District for Montecito Water District | 1991-10-18 | Slade, R | ||
| “Quercus agrifolia.” In Fire Effects Information System | 2001-01-01 | Steinberg, Peter D | ||
| OWTS Policy, Water Quality Control Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems | 2012-06-19 | SWRCB (State Water Resources Control Board) | ||
| Safe Drinking Water Information System Drinking Water Watch | 2022-01-01 | SWRCB (State Water Resources Control Board) | ||
| Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California: California Ocean Plan | 2019-01-01 | SWRCB | ||
| Stormwater Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) Resources | 2019-01-01 | SWRCB | ||
| Groundwater Quality Data Filtered to the Montecito Groundwater Basin. GAMA Groundwater Information System | 2020-01-01 | SWRCB | ||
| “GeoTracker” [database] | 2023-01-01 | SWRCB |
