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Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
In September 2014, Governor Brown signed legislation requiring that California’s critical groundwater resources be sustainably managed by local agencies. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) gives local agencies (cities, counties and water districts) powers to sustainably manage groundwater over the long-term, and requires Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) be developed for medium- and high-priority groundwater basins. The first step implementing the new law was the creation of local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs).
USGS San Antonio Creek Groundwater Availability Project
Santa Barbara County, VAFB, and the U.S. Geological Survey are working together to better understand the water resources and demands in the San Antonio Creek Groundwater Basin. The cooperative study, referred to as the San Antonio Creek Groundwater Availability Project, seeks to help stakeholders plan for future water use by providing data that will help assess the quantity and quality of the area’s water supply, and by establishing tools to allow stakeholders to effectively utilize the available water resources.
2022 USGS Study: San Antonio Creek Valley Watershed
Simulation of Groundwater and Surface-Water Resources
Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5001:
Hydrogeologic Characterization of the San Antonio Creek Valley Watershed, Santa Barbara County, California
Suggested citation:
Cromwell, G., Sweetkind, D.S., Densmore, J.N., Engott, J.A., Seymour, W.A., Larsen, J.D., Ely, C.P., Stamos, C.L., and Faunt, C.C., 2002, Hydrogeologic characterization of the San Antonio Creek Valley watershed, Santa Barbara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022–5001, 124 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225001.
Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5139:
Simulation of Groundwater and Surface-Water Resources of the San Antonio Creek Valley Watershed, Santa Barbara County, California
Suggested citation:
Woolfenden, L.R., Engott, J.A., Larsen, J.D., and Cromwell, G., 2022, Simulation of groundwater and surface-water resources of the San Antonio Creek Valley Watershed, Santa Barbara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2021–5139, 76 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20215139.
This publication is available at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20215139. After the Digital Object Identifier and product metadata have been registered by Crossref, the official URL will be https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20215139.