Draft Agenda

GRA will hold the Second Annual Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) Summit in Fresno on June 5 and 6, 2019 as a follow-up to the successful original event held in 2018.  The summit will include sessions that provide information for GSAs working to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) as progress continues on preparing Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) due in 2020 and 2022.

Event Highlights

  • Ellen Hanak summarizing the new Public Policy Institute of California report on the future of the San Joaquin Valley with groundwater management required by SGMA
  • Staff from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) Sustainable Groundwater Management Office providing an update on implementing SGMA
  • Panel discussions on:
    • Governance and Collaboration
    • Drinking Water
    • Sustainable Management Criteria
    • Demand Management Actions and Water Markets
    • Land Use Planning
    • Recharge Projects
    • Finance

  • Luncheon Keynote:
    Transparency, Transfers and Trust: The Universal Ingredients of Self-Governing Water Exchanges
    James Workman, Founder and VP Business Development, AquaShares

  • Networking sessions concurrent with:
    • Poster presentations
    • Exhibitor booths

Funding Available

Apply online now

GSA board, staff and committee members, as well as community members and not-for-profit organizations involved in GSP development, may receive registration fee waivers by completing the application linked below.  Funds are limited and will be distributed to successful applicants.  Preference will be given to GSA Committee and community members.

The process is simple:
1)    Complete a brief on-line application before registering for the event,
2)    Receive an email with instructions for how to apply the fee waiver to your registration,
3)    Register,
4)    Attend!

Supported by a grant from the Water Foundation

 

 



Date and Time

Wed, Jun. 5 - Thu, Jun. 6, 2019

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(GMT-0700) America/Los_Angeles

Location

Radisson Hotel Fresno Conference Center

1055 Van Ness Ave
Fresno, CA 93721


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Group(s): GRA