NOTICE: State Water Board cancels probationary hearing for Kaweah subbasin

Please be advised that the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is cancelling the January 7, 2025, Public Board Hearing for the Proposed Designation of the Kaweah Subbasin as a Probationary Basin (probationary hearing). If the State Water Board schedules a new probationary hearing at a later date, the Board will release a new public notice at least 90 days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Local groundwater sustainability agencies in the Kaweah Subbasin released amended plans on June 3, 2024, and revised versions of those amended plans on October 3, 2024. At the request of the State Water Board, Board staff have completed a high-level preliminary review of these amended plans and have seen substantial progress on how these plans address the deficiencies identified in the Kaweah Subbasin Draft Staff Report. Board staff are optimistic about this progress; however, additional work needs to be done to determine if enough progress has been made for the subbasin to exit state intervention under the State Water Board’s authorities and return to the Department of Water Resources for plan review and oversight. The State Water Board is cancelling the probationary hearing so that staff can complete a thorough review of these plans to fully determine if deficiencies are sufficiently addressed to achieve groundwater sustainability in the subbasin.