Kaweah Subbasin

The January 7, 2025, probationary hearing for the Kaweah Subbasin has been cancelled. Please see below for more information. The deadline for written comments on the probationary hearing draft staff report for the Kaweah Subbasin concluded on July 8, 2024. The purpose of the Draft Staff Report is to inform the State Water Board as it considers whether to designate the Kaweah Subbasin as a probationary basin consistent with the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

Important Dates

These public workshops are opportunities to learn more about the potential State Water Board actions and to provide public comment on the Draft Staff Report for the Kaweah Subbasin. No regulatory decisions will be made at these workshops. Both workshops will have the same content.

Public Workshops – June 2024

See the workshop flyer for more information:

Probationary Hearing – CANCELLED

The January 7, 2025, Kaweah Subbasin probationary hearing has been cancelled to allow State Water Board staff to complete a thorough review of amended groundwater sustainability plans received for the subbasin. If the State Water Board schedules a new probationary hearing at a later date, the Board will release a new public notice at least 90 days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Local groundwater sustainability agencies in the Kaweah Subbasin released amended plans on June 13, 2024, and revised versions of those amended plans on October 3, 2024. At the request of the State Water Board, Board staff completed a high-level preliminary review of these amended plans and have seen substantial progress on how these plans address the deficiencies identified in the Kaweah Subbasin Draft Staff Report. Board staff are optimistic about this progress; however, additional work needs to be done to determine if enough progress has been made for the subbasin to exit state intervention under the State Water Board’s authorities and return to the Department of Water Resources for plan review and oversight. The State Water Board is cancelling the probationary hearing so that staff can complete a thorough review of these plans to fully determine if deficiencies are sufficiently addressed to achieve groundwater sustainability in the subbasin.

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