Fact Sheets and Information

Local fact sheets

• Map of three Sonoma County basins that must comply with SGMA
• Let’s Talk About Groundwater
• Groundwater Basin Information
• In-Depth Basin Conditions Fact Sheet
• Where does your water come from?

Materials from the Department of Water Resources

• Groundwater Sustainability Plan Regulations
• Guide to understanding Groundwater Sustainability Plan Regulations
• Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge (Flood-MAR)
• More Groundwater Resources

Materials from the State Water Resources Control Board

• SGMA FAQs
• Water Rights Process
• Water Rights FAQs
• Purposes of Use for Underground Storage Projects

Materials from other sources

• USGS: What is Groundwater?
• University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
• Union of Concerned Scientists: Navigating a Flood of Information
• The Nature Conservancy: Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems under SGMA – Guidance for Preparing GSP
• Environmental Defense Fund: Groundwater Trading as a Tool for Implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
• Equitable Integration of Water and Land Use (Local Government Commission)
• Groundwater pumping allocations under SGMA: guidance for GSAs
• How to manage surface water depletions under SGMA