Advocacy

This is a good place to provide your impressions, concerns about the GSA draft sessions coming up.

Lawsuit urges tighter regulation of well drilling

https://soconews.org/scn_county/lawsuit-urges-tighter-regulation-of-well-drilling/article_baf881b4-252b-11ec-9586-b79f43109cdb.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

From: Sonoma County Sustainable Groundwater Management publicaffairs@scwa.ca.gov

Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 10:15 AM

To: nrchrdsn@sonic.net

Subject: Release of Final Draft Groundwater Sustainability Plans

Release of Final Draft Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Opportunity to Comment at Upcoming Community Meetings

Sonoma County’s three groundwater sustainability agencies, Petaluma Valley, Sonoma Valley and Santa Rosa Plain, are releasing the Final Draft Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) on October 1.

The GSPs assess the conditions of the groundwater basin, analyze the basin’s sustainability over a 50-year period, and identifies projects and actions needed to ensure the basin is sustainable by 2042.

The public comment period for the GSPs is October 1 through October 31.

Members of the public are invited to attend an upcoming virtual community meeting to learn about the GSP for their basin and for information on how to provide comments.

Petaluma Valley – Thursday, October 7

Sonoma Valley – Tuesday, October 12

Santa Rosa Plain- Wednesday, October 13

All meetings are 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will be held virtually through Zoom.

The GSPs are available online at:

Santa Rosa Plain GSP

Sonoma Valley GSP

Petaluma Valley GSP

Comments may be made by using the online comment form.

Hard copies of the GSPs will be available for review at the following locations:

Petaluma Valley: Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr.

Sonoma Valley: Sonoma Valley Regional Library, 755 W Napa St.

Santa Rosa Plain: Central Santa Rosa Library, 211 E St.

Copies of all three GSPs are available for review weekdays at

Sonoma Water, 404 Aviation Blvd, Santa Rosa, 95403.

Thank you for reading this sustainable groundwater update. To learn more about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and groundwater in Sonoma County, visit the website of one of the County's three Groundwater Sustainability Agencies.

Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Petaluma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Copyright © 2021 Sonoma County GSAs, All rights reserved.

2021 Monthly Update

Our mailing address is: 404 Aviation Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

The Public Policy Institute of CA is putting on a series called Seizing the Drought: Water Priorities for Our Changing Climate. It is all online. Information and registration is at--

https://www.ppic.org/event/seizing-the-drought-water-priorities-for-our-changing-climate/?utm_source=ppic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=event

Attached are my notes from the 10-13-21 Santa Rosa Plain Ground Water Basin Hearing.

Hopefully, they make sense to anyone who was not able to attend.

Debbie