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EXTENDED FILING DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 2, 2020The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) was created by a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in December 2016 pursuant to the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The SVBGSA is governed by eleven primary Directors, and each primary director has an alternate director who serves in his or her absence. [...]

The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency has updated and re-released the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin Water Year 2019 Annual Report with revisions specific to pages 24 and 25. The updated Annual Report has also been provided to the Department of Water Resources and is available through the SGMA website.This first annual [...]

The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is seeking applicants for a vacancy on its Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee develops recommendations to the SVBGSA Board of Directors on the development of groundwater sustainability plans for the Salinas Valley aquifer subbasins in keeping with the California Sustainability Groundwater Management Act. The Committee is a [...]

Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) announces new General Manager Donna Meyers and new Deputy General Manager Emily Gardner and recognizes Gary Petersen with official commendation of his service as founding General Manager of the SVBGSA. Ms. Meyers has been with the GSA since August 2019 and was made General Manager on April 1, 2020 [...]

Sub-basin and Integrated Sustainability Plan Committees: Interested persons should complete and email the application to board@svbgsa.org by April 16, 2020. Committees are rapidly forming to begin this critical work. The deadline will be extended if necessary, however those who are qualified and apply first will be considered first. The responsibilities of the Committees may be [...]

The Board of Directors of the SVBGSA is composed of appointees of various members of the JPA, and the County appoints the Primary and Alternate Public Member Director positions on the Board. The terms of the current Primary and Alternate Public Member Directors expired on June 30, 2019, and the SVBGSA is soliciting Applicants [...]

Donna Meyers has accepted a position with Regional Government Services and has been assigned to the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency in the capacity of Deputy General Manager. Donna is known to many in the valley through her work with the Salinas River Stream Maintenance Program and her position on the GSA Advisory Committee. [...]

On May 14, 2019, Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency General Manager, Gary Petersen, spoke at the Monterey County Water Systems meeting in Prunedale. See the content of his talk: Implementing the Groundwater Sustainability Act in the Salinas Valley