Provide Comments on the Appendices by Friday, March 7, 2025
In accordance with the Judgment entered in Las Posas Valley Water Rights Coalition v. Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency VENCI00509700 (Judgement), the Las Posas Valley Watermaster (Watermaster) has prepared a Draft 2025 Las Posas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Annual Report available for review.
The Judgment states that, “In its role as the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), FCGMA shall file an Annual Report and each GSP Update to DWR, and in its role as Watermaster, the FCGMA shall file each Annual Report and each GSP Update with the Court as part of the technical data to be considered and as a material component of the Basin Optimization Yield and all future Reassessments of the Basin Optimization Yield as set forth in Section 4.10. The FCGMA shall undertake Committee Consultation in developing the Annual Reports and GSP Updates.” (Judgment § 4.9.1.)
The draft includes the revised Annual Allocations Accounting (Appendix A) and an updated Groundwater Allocation Schedule (Appendix E) for WY23-24. Please review these materials for accuracy and completeness. Please send Watermaster an email with your feedback on the appendices by March 7, 2025.
Watermaster staff plans to bring the Draft 2025 Las Posas Valley Basin GSP Annual Report to the Watermaster Board for approval at its March 26, 2025, meeting, with planned submission to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by April 1, 2025.