Kern Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability

Welcome to the Kern GSP website. You will find information pertaining to the Groundwater Sustainability Plan in the Kern Subbasin

GSP Documents

The Amended Kern County Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) has been prepared by 20 GSAs and one coordinated groundwater management area. Each GSA applied for and was granted exclusive GSA status for a portion of the Subbasin under CWC §10723(c) and §10723.8. All GSAs use the Kern County Subbasin GSP (sometimes referred to as 2024 Plan) elements as its foundational Plan; however, six GSAs provide supplemental information that is inserted as blue pages throughout their GSP. The crosswalk table summarizes the contents of each GSP.

GSPs

To submit comment(s) on the GSPs, please click here.

Executive Summary

Kern Subbasin GSP

includes Arvin, Cawelo Water District, Kern Groundwater Authority, Kern River, Kern Water Bank, Greenfield County Water Districts, North Kern WSD, Pioneer, Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD, Shafter-Wasco ID, Southern San Joaquin MUD, Tejon-Castaic Water District, West Kern Water District, and Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa GSAs

Foundational Plan that covers all required elements for the Subbasin.

Appendices

Buena Vista WSD GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages to emphasize the complexity of the basin setting across the GSA boundary, a description of water supplies, and its history of sustainable groundwater management.

Henry Miller GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages to demonstrate that the GSA has been operating sustainably since the implementation of SGMA and discusses future practices planned to maintain its sustainability.

Kern-Tulare GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages to provide information of its jurisdictional boundary, groundwater levels and pumping from the Santa Margarita Formation – the primary aquifer supplying its groundwater, and details on management action KTWD-8 which modifies the districts pricing structure.

Olcese GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages to demonstrate how the GSA possesses several distinct characteristics that make it unique, how it is achieving the sustainability goal, and is undergoing sustainable management.

Semitropic GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages to highlight actions taken by the GSA to implement demand management activities that will ensure it reaches sustainability at or before 2040 and provides additional information on its groundwater banking project operations, as well as its use of remote sensing to estimate evapotranspiration as a significant tool for managing demand

WDWA GSA GSP

Kern Subbasin GSP plus supplemental blue pages pertaining to conditions and characteristics unique to the GSA that demonstrate it will achieve sustainability. Additional information highlights the unique hydrogeologic conditions including naturally degraded groundwater quality; details of local studies related to the cause, rate, and extent of subsidence; and information on projects and management actions that maintain sustainable groundwater management within its GSA boundary.

Subsidence Studies

Annual Reports

Other Documents

Draft Stakeholder Communication and Engagement Plan


Kern GSP Outreach Meeting Presentations

On October 3, 2024, Public Outreach meetings were held to provide information about the Kern GSP.
Public Outreach Presentation english | espanol
Public Outreach Zoom Recording


SWRCB Workshop Presentation from Kern Subbasin GSAs


Watch the SWRCB’s Public Workshop.

Forward to the 2:08 time stamp to hear the Subbasin’s presentation.


Kern 2024 GSP Factsheet

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Kern County Subbasin Press Release

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Technical Memorandum in Response to SWRCB Draft Report

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