Kaweah Subbasin Water Marketing Strategy Committee

Overview

The Kaweah Subbasin Water Marketing Strategy (Strategy) is a four year project to develop a Water Marketing Strategy to prepare for the possible future exchange of limited groundwater allocations to reach groundwater sustainability compliance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). An eleven (11) member Committee has been formed to guide the Strategy, and will make decisions on the proposed Water Market’s parameters, rules and management. The final Water Marketing Strategy document will provide instruction to the three (3) Kaweah Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (Mid-Kaweah, East Kaweah and Greater Kaweah GSAs) on how to operate a functioning groundwater allocation trading Market which may be used for the Subbasin as a whole to reach its goal of attaining groundwater balance and overall sustainability by 2040.

This webpage is a repository for all information relating to the Kaweah Subbasin Water Marketing Strategy. 

Kaweah Subbasin Water Marketing Strategy Document

The public draft of the Kaweah Subbasin Water Marketing Strategy Document (Strategy Document) is now available for review and comment! The document covers the background of a water market concept as it applies to the Kaweah Subbasin, the research and decision-making conducted in support of a market, and the proceedings and outcomes of Pilot Water Market v1.0 done in Mid-Kaweah GSA. The Project Coordination Team associated with development of the Strategy Document is requesting reviews, comments, and feedback on the document from stakeholders, community partners, and all other interested parties by close of business Friday, November 8. All insights into the Strategy Document are valuable and greatly appreciated as we work together to ensure the long term sustainability of the region’s water resources and our communities’ economic viability for years to come.

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You can access the document at the following link: KSWMS_StrategyDocument_DRAFT (Download PDF)
 
Thank you for your attention and participation. Please reach out to dnz@tulareid.org to provide written comments or ask any questions.

Mid-Kaweah Water Market Pilot

The Mid-Kaweah Water Market Pilot was a pilot program done within Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency as part of the process to develop a successful water marketing strategy document. 

The Pilot was a program designed to give agricultural water users greater flexibility under the current Mid-Kaweah GSA allocation system. The Pilot specifically allows:

• An individual to purchase additional allocation to avoid paying penalties or to accumulate groundwater credits that may be carried over to a future year,
• An individual with unused allocation to sell up to 10 inches per acre of allocation to another water user

Pilot has CLOSED. Feel free to view the participation agreement and the Mid-Kaweah GSA website for additional information.
 Water Market Participation Agreement

Meeting and Workshop Agendas and Minutes