From the Department of Water Resources:
On October 30, 2023, DWR released its Groundwater Sustainability Plan Implementation: A Guide to Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and Plan Amendments, which provides guidance to GSAs preparing these documents under SGMA and the GSP Regulations.
The Department also released a Frequently Asked Questions and Available Resources document that provides commonly asked questions and answers about Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and GSP Amendments. These resources do not create any requirements or obligations for GSAs; the information is intended to clarify the necessary content of the documents already required by SGMA and the GSP Regulations.
These and other guidance documents and resources can be found on DWR’s Best Management Practices and Guidance Documents website. Additional information that explains the GSP evaluation process can be found in DWR’s SGMA Plan Evaluation Pathways Fact Sheet.
For questions about this guidance, please email sgmps@water.ca.gov.
