The public is invited to participate in a stakeholder forum to learn about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and provide input regarding the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Santa Clara River Valley East Subbasin, which underlies most of the Santa Clarita Valley.
The meeting will be held on Jan. 24, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sycamore Rooms of The Centre, which is located at 20880 Centre Point Parkway in Santa Clarita.
The stakeholder forum will include the following:
Representatives from the Center for Collaborative Policy will provide an overview of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and share results from stakeholder interviews.
Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation Work Group members will provide brief overviews of their organizations as they relate to groundwater.
The public will have the opportunity to ask questions about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and groundwater in the Santa Clara River Valley East Subbasin and provide input on the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Santa Clara River Valley East Subbasin
It is important for residents to note that this is not the same discussion as the current proposal to form a new water district between Castaic Lake Water Agency and Newhall County Water District.
The creation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency is an entirely separate and required action.
For more information, please attend the stakeholder forum (RSVP to lballin@ccp.csus.edu) or visit clwa.org/groundwater-sustainability-agency
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Anyone who is on well water within the SCV (especially bouquet canyon and San francisquito canyon) should attend this meeting. Under new California laws, residents on well water could have their water rights taken from them.
Tuesday January 24th at 6:30pm
Sycamore rooms A/B
20880 Centre Pointe Pkwy
Santa Clarita CA 91350
I paid for a property with a well system and tank. I also pay for the electric and repair. If our water rights are taken away, and I sincerely hope not, will we be compensated?
Also, since many properties are A-1 or A-2 (agriculture), won’t the state be dictating whether or not we can water a few trees and have water for a few horses? There is a difference between urban use and rural use, even though I know I do not use a lot of water and do not grow crops. In Acton our underground wayer is not an aquifer but an underground river of sorts. Once I have used what I, my pets and my trees need, my water shuts off and the underground water keeps flowing to other areas. It’s a naturally water conserving system. We probably use less water than most housing and commercial developments. In the summer there is less and one simply has to adjust.