Colusa County Groundwater Management

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Recent Meeting Highlights: 

Efforts and Challenges to Manage Water Resources in Glenn and Colusa Counties:

WHEN:         April 1, 2009

TIME:           8:00 a.m. to Noon

LOCATION:  Maxwell Restaurant and Inn

                     81 Oak Street

                     Maxwell, CA  95955                    

1. Attendance:  approximately 75 people

2. Meeting Itinerary and Speaker Biographic Information

3. Meeting Sponsorship

4. Speaker PowerPoint Presentations:

• Insights to Local Water Resource Management

• Pursuing Local Water Resource Management within the Framework of California Water Law

• Understanding Our Groundwater Resources

• Elements of Effective Local Water Resource Management

• Update on Local Water Resource Management in Glenn and Colusa Counties

• Opportunities for Groundwater Replenishment

 New Technical Report Available!

• Colusa Basin Drainage District - Groundwater Availability and Quality in the Freshwater Creek Basin, Colusa County, CA.  February 2009.

Colusa County Groundwater Management Plan Adopted, October 2008

• Main Report, Colusa County Groundwater Management Plan, (Volume 1 of 2)

• Appendices, Colusa County Groundwater Management Plan (Volume 2 of 2)

Archive of Groundwater Plan Presentations, Reports, and Resolutions:

• Results of Groundwater Management Plan Public Opinion Survey, May 2008.

• Presentation - Implementing the Groundwater Management Plan, December 2007

• Groundwater Management:  presentation given at Stonyford workshop, December 2007

• Update on Groundwater Management Plan Activities, October 17, 2007

• Groundwater Overview: presentation given at both Arbuckle and Maxwell community meetings, July 10 and 11, 2007
• Summary of community workshops on groundwater management planning, July 2007
• Groundwater Management Plan presentation to Colusa County Board of Supervisors
• Colusa County Board of Supervisors Resolution of Intention to Prepare a Groundwater Management Plan, Adopted June 26, 2007

Refer to the links at the top left of this page for more information on:

1. The planning process;
2. Past Public Advisory Committee (PAC) activities;
3. Relevant technical data concerning Colusa County's groundwater resource;
4. Educational support materials; and
5. Links to groundwater management activities in neighboring counties.