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Groundwater Governance in California

Pablo T. Silva Jordan, M.S.

Maritza Flores Marquez, M.S.

Laura E. Garza Diaz, M.S.

Samuel Sandoval Solis, Ph. D.

and the ones to come …

Outline

• Water Governance

• California

–Overview

–Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

–Groundwater Governance in California

–Case of Study: Ukiah Valley

• Lessons learned

Gobernanza del Agua La gobernabilidad del agua es el conjunto de reglas, prácticas y procesos [formales e informales] a través de los cuales las decisiones [para la gestión de los recursos y servicios hídricos] son tomada e implementadas, las partes interesadas expresan su interés y los tomadores de decisiones rinden cuantas.

La gobernabilidad del agua es el conjunto de reglas, prácticas y procesos [formales e informales] a través de los cuales las decisiones [para la gestión de los recursos y servicios hídricos] son tomada e implementadas, las partes interesadas expresan su interés y los tomadores de decisiones rinden cuentas.

Gobernanza del Agua

La gobernabilidad del agua es el conjunto de reglas, prácticas y procesos [formales e informales] a través de los cuales las decisiones [para la gestión de los recursos y servicios hídricos] son tomada e implementadas, las partes interesadas expresan su interés y los tomadores de decisiones rinden cuentas.

Gobernanza del Agua

Gobernanza del Agua

Modeler(s) Inform

Decision Maker(s)

Water Governance (Rules, Practices and Processes)

Social (Econ. & Political), Physical & Environ. Context

Need

+

Inst.

+

Stake

Holders

$$$

Ciclo de la Gobernanza del Agua

Principios de la Gobernanza del Agua

Ciclo de la Gobernanza del Agua

Diagnosticar y superar las brechas

CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW

* Hanak et al. (2011). “Managing California’s Water. From Conflict to Reconciliation” <http://watershed.ucdavis.edu/research/waterpolicy.html>

Water Supplies - Mostly in North - Mostly in Wet

Season

Water Demands - Mostly central and

South - Mostly in Dry

Season

Aqueducts, reservoirs, & groundwater use

GROUNDWATER ISSUES

https://sgma.water.ca.gov/webgis/?appid=SGMADataViewer

http://gis.water.ca.gov/app/groundwater

* Harter et al. (2012). “Addressing Nitrate inn California’s Drinking Water” <http://groundwaternitrate.ucdavis.edu/>

RED: ABOVE THE NITRATE MCL (45 mg/L) DARK RED: ABOVE TWICE THE NITRATE MCL (90 mg/L)

LAKE OROVILLE

What?

- 6 Avoid Undesirable Results

1) Reduction of GW storage

2) Chronic Lowering of GW Levels

3) Land Subsidence

4) Seawater Intrusion

5) Water Quality Degradation

6) Adverse impact on SW beneficial

uses

Water

Budget

Agency

(GSA)

Plan

(GSP)

How?

When?

Diagnosis

Targets &

strategies

Oblig. &

Respons. Jun/2017

Jan/2020

In between

Formation

Who?

La gobernabilidad del agua es el conjunto de reglas, prácticas y procesos [formales e informales] a través de los cuales las decisiones [para la gestión de los recursos y servicios hídricos] son tomada e implementadas, las partes interesadas expresan su interés y los tomadores de decisiones rinden cuantas.

Gobernanza del Agua

What?

- 6 Avoid Undesirable Results

1) Reduction of GW storage

2) Chronic Lowering of GW Levels

3) Land Subsidence

4) Seawater Intrusion

5) Water Quality degradation

6) Adverse impact on SW beneficial

uses

Water

Budget

Agency

(GSA)

Plan

(GSP)

How?

When?

Diagnosis

Targets &

strategies

Oblig. &

Respons. Jun/2017

Jan/2020

In between

Formation

Who? Water

Governance

(Rules,

Practices and

Processes)

Ciclo de la Gobernanza del

Agua

6 Undesirable Results GSA, GSP & Wat. Budget

SGMA Data Portal SGMA Data Viewer

GSA GSP Wat. Budget Timelines

Indicators

Benchmarks Minimum Thresholds

Mismatch of Area of influence

Indicators Benchmarks Min. Thresholds

SGMA Data Portal SGMA Data Viewer

GSA, DWR & SWRCB Public Meetings & Users as board members

Minutes & Broadcasting of Meetings

Surface Water Recycle Env. Flows

Proposition 1 & 10

Trainings

Local Governance

GW Basin

GSA DWR SWRCB Def. what is not

sustainable

Diagnosticar y superar las brechas Did not include upper watershed

Management

No long term finance

Missing GW/Planning models Few GW Monitoring Wells

CASE OF STUDY: UKIAH VALLEY

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Area: 1,485 mi2(3,846 km2) Length: 110 mi (177 km) Reservoir: flood protection and water supply Coyote Valley Dam (1959) Lake Mendocino: 122,000 acre-feet Warm Springs Dam (1983) Lake Sonoma: 381,000 acre-feet

Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin

Project Scope

• Objective: Develop a hydrologic characterization of the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin for groundwater management efforts.

• Deliverables: – Groundwater budget that captures the interactions

between water demands, water supply, and change in estimated groundwater storage with time

– Geodatabase with pertinent data

– Report summarizing results & findings

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(1)Flores-Marquez M. (2017). Water budget for the Ukiah Valley groundwater basin. University of California, Davis. Davis. California.

(2)Flores Marquez, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., et al. (2017). Water Budget Development for SGMA Compliance, Case Study: Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin. J. of Contemporary Water Research and Education.

Surface Water/Groundwater Conceptual Model

Ukiah Valley Water Demands1

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Agricultural Water Demand

7,789 AF/y

Water for

Crops 6,635 AF/y

Frost, Post Harvest & Heat Protection

1,154 AF/y

Groundwater Supply

2,468 AF/y

Surface Water

Supply 5,321 AF/y

Private Water Right Holders 2,381 AF/y

Russian River Flood Control Dist.

2,940 AF/y

Municipal Water Demand

6,685 AF/y

Groundwater Supply 930 AF/y

Surface Water

Supply 5,755 AF/y

RRFC: 1,708 AF/y

City of Ukiah 897 AF/y

CCWD 33 AF/y

Private Water Right Holders

4,047 AF/y

Hopland Research and Extension Center University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (1) Flores-Marquez M. (2017). Water budget for the Ukiah Valley

groundwater basin. University of California, Davis. Davis. California.

GSA - Board Member

Hopland Research and Extension Center University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (1) Flores-Marquez M. (2017). Water budget for the Ukiah Valley

groundwater basin. University of California, Davis. Davis. California.

Groundwater Storage

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0

40.000

80.000

120.000

160.000

May

-90

May

-91

May

-92

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-93

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-97

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Ap

r-1

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r-1

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GW

Sto

rage

(A

F)

• With change in season, there is a fluctuation of

groundwater storage, but overall the groundwater storage is stable

• There are some inconsistencies in the long term water table data, and some questionable data for some years (year 2003 & 2009)

Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions

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Gaining River: November to June

-700

4.300

9.300

14.300

19.300

24.300

29.300

34.300

39.300

JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

Ave

rag

e G

ain

or

Lo

ss (

AF

)

Gain Loss

• There are SW-GW Interactions • The Russian River is a gaining river from Nov to Jun (+ 18,952 AF/year) https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/node/938

Tributary Stream Flow Tributary

Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions

40 Observation: Releases from Lake Mendocino may recharge the groundwater

-700

-600

-500

-400

-300

-200

-100

0

JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

Ave

rag

e L

oss

(A

F)

Loss

• The Russian River is a losing river from July to Oct (-393 AF/year) https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/node/938

Tributary Stream Flow Tributary

Maritza Flores Marquez - Maritza.FloresMarquez@stantec.com Pablo Tomas Silva Jordan - psilva@tattersall.cl Samuel Sandoval – samsandoval@ucdavis.edu

Paulina Rojas - parojasr@ucdavis.edu

Academics: Jose Luis Arumi, Sebastian Vicuna, Francisco Meza, Diego Rivera, Samuel Ortega, Marcelo Olivares, Leticia Rojas, Mauricio Cañoles

Practitioners: Pablo Rengifo, Eugenio Celedon, Ignacio Popelka, Jose Luis Fuentes, Carmen Copier, Fernando Peralta Toro, Carlos Flores, Pablo Silva

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QUESTIONS? http://watermanagement.ucdavis.edu Sam Sandoval: samsandoval@ucdavis.edu

Atmospheric Rivers

Mediterranean Climate

- Dry Summers - Wet Winters

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