On June 8, 2021, the County GSAs (“white areas”) adopted an allocation for irrigated acres for the County GSAs in the Madera, Chowchilla and Delta-Mendota Subbasins.* The table below shows the inches of evapotranspiration of applied water (ETAW) per irrigated acre.
| Madera County GSA | Inches of ETAW | ||
Year |
Madera Subbasin |
Chowchilla Subbasin |
Delta-Mendota Subbasin |
| 2021 | 28.3 | 26.7 | 19.8 |
| 2022 | 28.0 | 26.3 | 19.6 |
| 2023 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | 27.4 | 25.5 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | 27.1 | 25.1 | 18.9 |
*The allocation is only for the County GSA (white areas) and only for acres irrigated as of June 8, 2021.
Previous Meetings
To arrive at this point, over a multi-year period, the County GSAs discussed allocations as a critical demand management measure including at (but not limited to) the specific meetings below:
Advisory Committee
May 17, 2019 & May 23, 2019: Part 1 (5/17/2019) & Part 2 (5/23/2019)
September 5, 2019: Presentation
February 6, 2020: Presentation
June 4, 2020: Presentation
August 6, 2020: Presentation
September 3, 2020: Presentation; Report
October 14, 2020: Presentation
November 12, 2020: Presentation; Resolution
County GSA Board
November 17, 2020: Presentation
December 15, 2020: Presentation and Resolution (recorded at MaderaCounty.com)
May 11, 2021: Allocations (recorded at MaderaCounty.com) Presentation; Draft Resolution (Never Irrigated Lands); Draft Resolution (Allocations)
May 18, 2021: recorded at MaderaCounty.com
June 8, 2021: Presentation; Resolution
August 16, 2022- GSA Update Presentation
September 13, 2022- GSAs Penalty Presentation
September 27, 2022- GSAs Penalty Presentation
Public Workshops
May 13, 2021: Office Hours on Allocations (Presentation)
June 1, 2021: County GSAs, Farm Bureau, and MAWA Workshop; Presentation (YouTube)
June 16, 2021: County GSAs, Farm Bureau; Presentation; Presentation (YouTube)
August 2, 2021: County GSAs; Presentation; Recording (Passcode: rg$m@5kj)
January 13, 2022: IrriWatch and Allocation Report Workshop
Resolutions
Allocations
December 15, 2020 – Resolution No. 2020-166: Resolution Adopting a Groundwater Allocation Approach for the Groundwater Sustainability Plan
June 8, 2021 – Resolution No. 2021-069: Resolution Establishing Groundwater Allocation Amounts for 2021 through 2025 and Farm Unit Documentation. Farm Unit Zone Map
August 17, 2021 – Resolution No. 2021-113: Resolution Establishing Groundwater Allocation Refinements
Penalties
September 27, 2022 – Resolution No. 2022-143 Chowchilla
September 27, 2022 – Resolution N0. 2022-144 Delta-Mendota
September 27, 2022 – Resolution No. 2022-145 Madera