Notice of Public Hearing to consider becoming the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin

Notice of Public Hearing
to consider becoming the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin

For over 100 years, Alameda County Water District (ACWD) has managed the groundwater of the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin (Niles Cone Subbasin 2-09.01) through comprehensive programs that protect and improve water supplies for all groundwater users. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which was passed by the state legislature in 2014, established a new structure for groundwater management, recognizing that groundwater management is best accomplished locally.

ACWD is identified within SGMA as an agency created by statute to manage groundwater and deemed to be the exclusive local agency within its statutory boundaries with powers to comply with SGMA. ACWD is proposing to become the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) for the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin and to continue existing groundwater management under SGMA, in addition to other recognized regulatory authority. SGMA provides various authorities to GSAs to promote sustainable groundwater management including the ability to meter wells and fund and implement groundwater management projects. While many of these authorities have been available to ACWD for many years under the Replenishment Assessment Act of Alameda County Water District, SGMA provides additional authority that may further the ability to sustainably manage the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin. On October 13, 2016, ACWD’s Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 16-061 to set a public hearing to consider becoming the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin. For information regarding SGMA, the resolution, or the public hearing please visit ACWD’s website at: http://www.acwd.org.

Public Hearing

Staff will be making a presentation on the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency before the public hearing to present key facts and details pertaining to the management of the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin and SGMA. After the presentation, the ACWD Board of Directors will hear and consider public comments, if any, and consider the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency. Following the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Directors may decide whether to become the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin.

The public hearing will be held at the ACWD office on:

Thursday, November 10, 2016 @ 6:00 P.M.
Alameda County Water District

43885 S. Grimmer Boulevard Fremont CA 94538

For more information about SGMA or this public hearing, please contact:

Ms. Michelle Myers
Groundwater Resources Manager Alameda County Water District
43885 S. Grimmer Boulevard
Fremont CA 94538
Phone number: (510) 668-4454 Facsimile number: (510) 651-1760
Email address: michelle.myers@acwd.com