Title
Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors approve and adopt the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Groundwater Monitoring Program Regulatory Fees of $160.19 per well for Initial Well Registration, $21.90 per well for Annual Well Registration Renewal, $64.82 per well for Groundwater Extraction Monitoring, $117.63 per well for Groundwater Level Monitoring, and $73.90 per well for Groundwater Quality Monitoring. (Staff Presenting: Amy Woodrow)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Finance Committee:
Recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors approve and adopt the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Groundwater Monitoring Program Regulatory Fees of $160.19 per well for Initial Well Registration, $21.90 per well for Annual Well Registration Renewal, $64.82 per well for Groundwater Extraction Monitoring, $117.63 per well for Groundwater Level Monitoring, and $73.90 per well for Groundwater Quality Monitoring.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency’s (“Agency”) Groundwater Monitoring Program (“GMP”) is used to produce the data necessary to understand the hydrologic budget of the monitored area, facilitate implementation of the Agency Act, inform operations of Agency projects, and support resource management that allows for continued well owner operations throughout the community.
Historically, the Agency implemented the GMP across Zones 2, 2A, and 2B in a discretionary manner as funding allowed. However, with passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”) in 2014 came the establishment of local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (“GSAs”) and a need for consistent, reliable collection of groundwater and well data, like that coll...
Click here for full text