MERCEDSGMA

This website provides information on sustainable groundwater management activities, meetings, and resources in the Merced Groundwater Subbasin. The Merced Groundwater Subbasin is one of 21 basins in the State of California identified by the California Department of Water Resources as critically overdrafted and one of 46 basins considered high priority. Consistent with the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), water management and land management agencies in Merced Subbasin formed three Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs): the Merced Irrigation-Urban Groundwater Sustainability Agency, the Merced Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agency, and the Turner Island Water District Groundwater Sustainability Agency #1. The three GSAs collaborated to develop one Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the entire Merced Groundwater Subbasin, which was submitted to DWR in January 2020. The GSP was revised in July 2022 in response to DWR's evaluation of the..

Primary location: Merced United States