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Consider receiving a report on the DWR Bulletin 74: California Well Standards Update Project and providing input to Staff for upcoming Technical Advisory Committee meetings.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Basin Management Advisory Committee:
Receive a report on the DWR Bulletin 74: California Well Standards Update Project and provide input to Staff for upcoming Technical Advisory Committee meetings.
SUMMARY:
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is in the process of updating the State Well Standards, known as Bulletin 74, which was last updated in 1991. Upon completion of the update, Bulletin 74 will be submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board for adoption into a Statewide Model Well Ordinance (https://water.ca.gov/well-standards).
DWR has formed a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) as part of the updating process and, as the MCWRA Board of Directors was informed in January 2021, Staff Hydrologist Amy Woodrow ("Staff") has been selected by DWR to participate on the TAC.
DISCUSSION:
TAC Process
The TAC process is designed to occur in two phases; each phase involves meetings of several small focus groups of TAC members during which the focus group discusses a specific aspect of the Well Standards. The first phase occurs from March - June 2021 and the second from November 2021 - February 2022. The full TAC will reconvene in August 2022 to preview the Public Review Draft and again in December 2022 to preview the Final Standards before DWR submits them to the State Water Resources Control Board for adoption into the Model Well Ordinance.
As a TAC participant, Staff will serve as a liaison to MCWRA's stakeholders by soliciting input and reporting on outcomes from the DWR Bulletin 74: California Well Standards Update Project. Outreach by Staff will be provided through updates to the Basin Management Advisory Committee ("BMAC") and the MCWRA Board of Directors.
Focus Groups
Focus group topics for the first ph...
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