3: Plan Implementation Final Groundwater Management Plan• Coordinate with DWR and local landowners to ensure that selected wells are maintained as part of a longtermmonitoring program.• Support the development and implementation of quantitative BMOs in priority groundwater basins.• Pursue opportunities for interstate groundwater basin monitoring and reporting with the State ofCalifornia, State of Nevada, Washoe <strong>County</strong>, and federal agencies.• Support efforts to map and compile information on riparian habitats and phreatophyte vegetation.<strong>3.</strong>6 Groundwater Resource Protection<strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> has taken action to promote the protection of groundwater resources, including:• Groundwater well ordinances;• Groundwater Management Districts; and• Groundwater conservation ordinance.<strong>3.</strong>6.1 Groundwater Well Ordinances<strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> had adopted ordinances specific to groundwater and wells. Following is an overview ofprincipal <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> ordinances related to groundwater and wells as contained in the <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong>Code.• Chapter 7.28 Water Wells. It is the purpose of the ordinance codified in this chapter to provide for theconstruction, repair, modification and destruction of wells in such a manner that the groundwater of<strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> will not be contaminated or polluted and that water obtained from wells will be suitablefor beneficial use and will not jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of the people of <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong>.(Ord. 488-A § 2 (part), 1988; Ord. 488 § 1 (part), 1988). No person, firm, corporation, governmentalagency or any other legal entity shall, within the unincorporated area of <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong>, construct, repair,modify or destroy any well unless a written permit has first been obtained from the health officer of thecounty, as provided in Chapter 7.28. For a permit to be valid under Chapter 7.28, the applicant mustcomply with all other state and county laws.• Chapter 7.28.100 Well Standards. Standards for the construction, repair, reconstruction, deepening,abandonment and destruction of wells in <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> are codified in Chapter 7.28.100 which requiresstandards for the construction, repair, modification or destruction of wells to meet the requirements ofChapter II of California Department of Water Resources Bulletin No. 74-81 “Water Well Standards: Stateof California” and Chapter II of Bulletin No. 74-1, “Cathodic Protection Well Standards: State ofCalifornia,” with certain exceptions noted in the chapter.• Well spacing requirements. <strong>Lassen</strong> <strong>County</strong> does not have an ordinance specific to well spacingrequirements specifying a minimum spacing between wells based on the pumping capacity of the well.Existing limitations on well spacing are contained in Title 18, Zoning, within Chapter 18.102.050 whichstipulates minimum lot sizes where wells and septic are installed. As an example, a minimum of one acreis required for property utilizing an individual septic system and an individual well.Additionally, Chapter 12.32.040 of the <strong>County</strong> Code, which addresses setback limitations associated withbuilding and construction, provides limitations on the well location on a specific property. This sectiondeems it unlawful to dig, excavate or install within any setback zone any well or other excavation for water.3-7