Title
Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors enter into a multi-year cooperative agreement with the US Geological Survey and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency to support the continued development of the Salinas Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Basin Management Advisory Committee:
Recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors enter into a multi-year cooperative agreement with the US Geological Survey and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency to support the continued development of the Salinas Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model
SUMMARY:
In July 2014, the County of Monterey initiated a comprehensive water resources assessment of Zone 2C of the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (Basin Investigation). The first phase of that investigation concluded in 2015 with the delivery of the State of the Basin report from Brown & Caldwell. The second phase of the Basin Investigation required the development of a suite of regional and integrated groundwater-surface water models for use in evaluating water budgets, groundwater elevations, and seawater intrusion under both historical and future conditions. The development of those models are being conducted by the US Geological Survey (USGS) under joint agreements with the County of Monterey (County) and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA). The Basin Investigation will include the publication by the USGS of a historical Salinas Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model (SVIHM), along with a provisional version of an operation model to evaluate future conditions, the Salinas Valley Operational Model (SVOM).
DISCUSSION:
The objective of this agreement is to update over the term of this agreement, the Salinas Valley Regional Models; provide a technical document describing the SVOM, along with a public ...
Click here for full text