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GREENFIELD — Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is hosting workshops this spring to provide residents and businesses of the Salinas Valley with an opportunity to learn about water use and management in the region, and this Friday’s event will be in Greenfield. The “Our Water Future in the Salinas Valley: Planning for Uncertainty” [...]

SVBGSA hosting five community workshops on the future of groundwater management The SVBGSA is hosting five community workshops, “Our Water Future in the Salinas Valley: Planning for Uncertainty” across the Salinas Valley in April and May 2024. The workshops, all of which will be similar in content, will provide valuable information about how water is managed [...]

Five ‘Our Water Future in the Salinas Valley: Planning for Uncertainty’ workshops will be held throughout the Valley in April and May SALINAS, Calif. — The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is hosting five workshops this spring to provide residents and businesses of the Salinas Valley with an opportunity to learn about water [...]

Demand management: What is it, why it matters and how it affects the Salinas Valley Demand management is one of many tools to mitigate and prevent overdraft of the groundwater supply. The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency is in the process of exploring demand management and will host a series of workshops this spring to [...]

New program encourages repurposing of flood-prone irrigated lands The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency is partnering with regional agencies to develop and implement a Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program. The program supports the transition of flood-prone irrigated land to new areas that will help reestablish sustainable groundwater supplies. SVBGSA is implementing the program in partnership with [...]

Seawater intrusion: A key issue for the Salinas Valley Basin What is seawater intrusion? It's a process where seawater flows into freshwater aquifers, which typically occurs along coastal areas. Groundwater pumping can reduce freshwater flow toward coastal areas and lead to seawater being drawn into freshwater aquifers, making them unsuitable for most uses without costly [...]

SVBGSA completes third monitoring well, adding crucial subbasin data The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency has constructed three of four new grant-funded monitoring wells in the 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin. These wells will provide key data as SVBGSA continues to implement a long-term groundwater sustainability plan for the region. Construction of four monitoring wells began in [...]

SALINAS, Calif. -- The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is installing four new monitoring wells as part of the implementation of the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin. The subbasin is located in northwestern Monterey County and includes the northern end of the Salinas River Valley. The new monitoring wells [...]

$10M in Grant Funding Supports Implementation of Groundwater Sustainability Plans in Four Subbasins The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $10 million in funding to the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) through the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program to support implementation of SVBGSA’s state-mandated groundwater sustainability plans in [...]

Funding will support four groundwater subbasins in Monterey County SALINAS, Calif. -- The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has awarded more than $10 million in funding to the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) through the Sustainable Groundwater Manageemnt (SGM) Grant Program to support implementation of SVBGSA's state-mandated groundwater sustainability plans in four [...]