Notice from the Central Valley Regional Water Board:
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board will consider adopting a proposed amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin (Basin Plan Amendment) that would remove the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) and Agricultural Supply (AGR) Beneficial Uses from groundwater within a designated horizontal and vertical area within and surrounding the administrative boundaries of the South Belridge, Monument Junction, and Cymric Oil Fields in Kern County near the community of McKittrick California.
A Public Comment Period to review materials and submit comments regarding the proposed Basin Plan Amendment is being held from 16 September 2025 to 31 October 2025.
Please review the McKittrick Basin Plan Amendment Notice below:
The proposed Basin Plan Amendment will be considered for Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board adoption at a hearing on 11-12 December 2025.
The basis for the proposed Basin Plan Amendment is detailed in the associated Draft Staff Report, which includes Substitute Environmental Documentation for the proposed Basin Plan Amendment. Additionally, the scientific conclusions detailed in the Draft Staff Report were reviewed by an Independent External Scientific Peer Review Panel and the results of that review were provided in a final report. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board developed draft responses to this review (Appendix E of the Draft Staff Report). These documents are all posted on the Basin Plan Amendment project website in the Public Comment Period Section located here:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/basin_plans/mckittrick/#public_comment
