Groundwater Sustainability Plan Available for Public Review
The North Fork Kings GSA has updated its Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to address the corrective actions outlined by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The GSA’s primary goal is to maintain state approval of the GSP, ensuring continued local control of groundwater management through a stakeholder-driven process.
The public review draft of the updated GSP is now available for public review and comment as of October 11, and is available to view and download at northforkkings.org/gsp. The public comment period will conclude on November 20, 2024.
Stakeholders can submit their comments via mail to P.O. Box 158, Riverdale, CA 93656, or through our online form at
northforkkings.org/gsp.
In 2023, the North Fork Kings GSA received approval from DWR on its GSP, conditional on fixing 12 corrective actions. Since then, the GSA Board, committees, management and consultants have been focused on addressing these corrective actions. The GSA has consolidated these actions into three key priorities: implementing a Domestic Well Mitigation Program, conducting a Confined Aquifer Study, and completing an Interconnected Surface Water Study.
Thanks to our landowners and growers who have successfully registered their wells, the North Fork Kings GSA is well positioned with the data to conduct the Confined Aquifer Study and Interconnected Surface Water Study. These studies are vital to improving groundwater management and meeting state requirements.
The North Fork Kings GSA has also adopted rules and regulations for a Domestic Well Mitigation Program and will launch this effort mid-October as the “Dry Well Relief Program” to support households with wells impacted by groundwater decline.