Groundwater pumping in Water Year 2025 came in well below sustainable yield, and no undesirable results were identified in the draft Water Year 2025 Annual Report overview across sustainability indicators, including water quality, subsidence, and storage. Grant reimbursements from the state remain significantly delayed, though funds are expected. The board approved January financial statements and the February 3, 2026 meeting minutes.
The GSA is discussing potential changes to sustainable management criteria for groundwater dependent ecosystems that appear disconnected from the principal aquifer and influenced primarily by precipitation. Land subsidence criteria are being developed using a 0.09 feet per year planning rate with focus on California Aqueduct protection. An ad hoc committee recommended keeping arsenic and nitrate as key concerns and dropping selenium from the constituents of concern list.
October monitoring data showed positive news with no water level violations occurring across the network and generally stable conditions. The groundwater sustainability agency faced a major setback when drilling challenges forced abandonment of a replacement monitoring well, completing only two of three planned wells. The board discussed implementing a cash call of approximately $500,000 to cover projected expenses, with debate over collecting the full amount upfront versus splitting ...
The board approved a $4.02 million budget requiring each member district to contribute approximately $164,000 to cover what is not covered by grant funding, though the timing of this cash call remains undetermined. Two of three replacement monitoring wells have been completed with the third expected to finish within 10 days, supporting ongoing groundwater compliance efforts. Groundwater levels remain stable with no threshold violations, including at the previously problematic well which stays above its minimum threshold by about 18 inches.
The White Wolf GSA faces upcoming financial pressures requiring member contributions while monitoring continued land subsidence along the California Aqueduct. Groundwater levels remain stable and new monitoring wells are being installed on schedule.
