May 4, 2015

New Groundwater Page on Website. 

We’ve added “Groundwater” to the menu bar of the Watershed Council’s website, in order to provide stakeholders with current information on the Groundwater Sustainability Act and its implementation in our watershed.

There are three pages in the Groundwater menu:

  1. Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
  2. Upper Ventura River Basin GSA
  3. Ojai Basin GMA


Until the Upper Ventura River Basin GSA (Groundwater Sustainability Agency) gets their own website, we’ll use this page to track their progress, post their meeting materials, etc.

If you have suggestions on information that should be added to these pages, please let me know.


May 7 Council Meeting Materials

The Ventura River Watershed Council meets this Thursday, May 7, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, in the Topping Room of the Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street.

On the agenda: Gerhardt Hubner, with Ventura County Watershed Protection District, will provide an update on the formation of groundwater sustainability agencies throughout the county; Barb Geringer, with Ventura County Fire Department, will speak on fire readiness; Mary Bergen, grower, Casitas Municipal Water District board member, and Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency board alternate, will kick off a discussion on how growers in the watershed are dealing with the drought; we will discuss the County of Ventura’s planned update to the General Plan and consider a letter to the board of supervisors urging a robust update of goals, policies, and programs related to water resources; we’ll track the latest in Prop 1 funding; and hear from Lynn Rodriguez, with Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County, about project selection for the latest round of Prop 84 funding.

Agenda 
Draft memo for the General Plan item
Summary of Prop 1 grant programs