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California's Groundwater Update 2020 California’s Groundwater (Bulletin 118)

Brett Wyckoff

California Department of Water Resources

PRESENTATION:

California's Groundwater Update 2020 California’s Groundwater (Bulletin 118) is an inventory and assessment of available information on the occurrence and nature of California’s groundwater to inform decisions affecting the protection, use, and management of the resource. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) publishes California’s Groundwater to meet requirements of the California Water Code (Section 12924).The requirements include establishing basin boundaries and priority levels, as well as determining which basins are subject to critical conditions of overdraft. DWR must also document groundwater use, management, monitoring, and conditions found throughout California. With the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in 2014, the report now serves an additional role by providing Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) with important groundwater related data, including remote sensed land use and subsidence, climate data, and modeling. California’s Groundwater — Update 2020 includes information on:

• Location, status, and characteristics of California’s groundwater basins
• Water markets, water transfers, managed aquifer recharge, and impacts of a changing climate 
• Groundwater demands, supplies, and development • Groundwater use and management 
• Groundwater monitoring activities
• Groundwater conditions 

Groundwater summaries for the 10 hydrologic regions DWR is nearing release of a public review draft for California’s Groundwater Update 2020. The release will open a 45-day public comment period, after which the document will be finalized and made available Please join a member of the California’s Groundwater Team who will present on the background of Bulletin 118 / California’s Groundwater, and an overview of the content of Update 2020 and supporting resources.

SPEAKER BIO:

Brett Wyckoff has over thirty years of experience working in the groundwater field. He is a licensed professional geologist, certified hydrogeologist, and certified engineering geologist in the State of California. He is currently a Senior Engineering Geologist with the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, and project manager for California’s Groundwater (Bulletin 118) Update 2020. Brett is a former member of GRA’s statewide Board of Directors, and is currently serving as a Member-at-large for the Sacramento GRA Branch.

MEETING COSTS AND RSVP:

This meeting will be provided to members at no cost but registration is necessary to receive call-in information.

Member Price: FREE

Non-Member Price: $10.00

Student Price: FREE

CONTACT INFORMATION:

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Bombard at mbombard53@yahoo.com.