Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan - Placer County Water ...

Section 1
Introduction
In 1992, the State Legislature enacted the California Groundwater Management Act through Assembly
Bill 3030 (AB 3030) to encourage local public agencies to adopt plans to manage groundwater
resources within their jurisdictions. Provisions were created in the California Water Code (CWC) Sections
10750 et.seq. to manage the safe production, quality, and proper storage of groundwater and AB 3030
codified voluntary components of a Groundwater Management Plan (GMP). In 2002, Senate Bill 1938
(SB 1938) was signed into law which amended the CWC with required components of a GMP for any
public agency seeking State funds administered through the California Department of Water Resources
(DWR) for groundwater projects. In 2003, DWR published Bulletin 118 – Update 2003, California’s
Groundwater which includes seven recommended components of a GMP.
This GMP includes the following components: the partner agencies’ authority, physical setting including
groundwater conditions, management goals and Basin Management Objectives (BMOs), and GMP
implementation activities.
1.1 Purpose of the Groundwater Management Plan
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District (TDPUD), Northstar Community Services District (NCSD), and
Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) have voluntarily partnered to develop the Martis Valley GMP, a
collaborative planning tool that assists the partner agencies with efforts to ensure long term quality and
availability of shared groundwater resources in the Martis Valley Groundwater Basin (MVGB). This GMP is
a “living document” that includes an overall goal, BMOs, and implementation actions that will be
periodically updated to reflect changes in groundwater management and progress in meeting its goal
and objectives.
The purpose of the Martis Valley GMP is to improve the understanding and management of the
groundwater resource in Martis Valley, while providing a framework for the partner agencies to align
policy and implement effective and sustainable groundwater management programs.
This GMP is not:
mandatory,
regulatory,
an enforcement effort, or
land use or zoning ordinances.
Older groundwater management plans by TDPUD (1995) and PCWA (1998) are herein updated by this
GMP which has been designed to meet the requirements set by SB 1938, addresses the voluntary and
recommended components included in AB 3030, as well as address recommendations outlined in
Bulletin 118-2003. The area covered by the Martis Valley GMP, as shown in Figure 1-1, includes each
partner agencies’ jurisdictional boundaries within Nevada and Placer Counties.
1.2 Groundwater Management Plan Authority and Administration
Each partner agency is an authorized groundwater management agency within the meaning of CWC §
10753 (a). In April of 2011, each partner agency adopted respective resolutions of intent to develop a
GMP; the resolutions are included as Appendix A.
DRAFT for review purposes only. Use of contents on this sheet is subject to the limitations specified at the end of this document.
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