The Technical Advisory Committees expressed support for developing a $129,000 groundwater model enhancement and directed consultants to prepare a detailed task order. The update will refresh the basin's model with current land use, evapotranspiration data, and improved boundary conditions to better show regulators that recent projects and land use changes are advancing sustainability, without redoing the approved GSP's historical findings.
The GSA selected EKI Water and Environment as their new implementation consultant to handle upcoming annual reports and regulatory compliance. A comprehensive domestic well mitigation program is underway through Self Help Enterprises, providing emergency water supplies and solutions for affected wells. The board approved $517,420 to install eight new dedicated monitoring wells across the subbasin to improve groundwater level measurements and tracking.
