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Title: CENTRAL SACRAMENTO COUNTY GROUNDWATER FORUM CSCGF

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CENTRAL SACRAMENTO COUNTY GROUNDWATER
FORUM(CSCGF)

LAR Science Conference
Presented by Larry Norton
April 22, 2005

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CSCGF

Cooperation between the Water Forum and DWRs ISI
Program
Role of the Center for Collaborative Policy
Current conditions in the Central Area
Stakeholder assessment
Results of the assessment and recommendations
concerning the collaborative process
Organizing the Groundwater Forum
Mission and goal statement
Progress to date
Challenges ahead

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Cooperation between the Water Forum
and DWRs ISI Program

Water Forum Agreement Groundwater Element
North Area ? SNAGMA / SGA
Other areas ? Discussions involving all
parties
interested in the negotiation
of groundwater management
arrangements will continue.

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Cooperation between the Water Forum
and DWRs ISI Program

DWR Integrated Storage Investigations Program
Increase water reliability statewide through
planned coordinated management and use of
groundwater and surface water resources.
Emphasis on forming partnerships with local
agencies and stakeholders to share data and costs
of planning and developing locally controlled and
managed conjunctive water management projects.

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Cooperation between the Water Forum and DWRs ISI
Program

Memorandum of Understanding
Identify and convene stakeholders representing
all segments of the community in the Central Area
that have an interest in developing a groundwater
management plan.
Conduct an education effort among stakeholders to
establish a common understanding of current
conditions in the groundwater basin.
Negotiate a groundwater management program,
including identification of basin management
objectives and some form of governance, if
appropriate.

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Role of the Center for Collaborative Policy
(CCP)
Joint venture between CSUS and McGeorge School of
Law of the University of the Pacific
Enable public agencies and stakeholders groups to
use collaborative problems solving techniques to
develop innovative solutions to complex public
policy issues.
Provided facilitation and mediation services
during the six-year process that led to the Water
Forum Agreement.

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Role of the Center for Collaborative Policy
Five stage model in consensus-building
Planning and assessment
Organization
Education
Negotiation / resolution
Implementation

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Role of the Center for Collaborative Policy
Interest-based negotiation
Look beyond positions to underlying interests
Brainstorm potential solutions without
judgment,commitments or decisions
Know your and others B.A.T.N.A.
Package agreements and move in an orderly way
toward closure

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Sustainable Yield 131,000 AF
Sustainable Yield 273,000 AF

Current
Conditions
in the
Central
Area

Sustainable Yield 115,000 AF
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Current Conditions in the Central Area
Area currently served by 11 organized purveyors
Sacramento County Water Agencys Zone 40
Funded by fees collected at the time of
development and by utility charges.
Construct major water supply facilities in
urbanized and urbanizing areas.
Infrastructure to deliver water in much of the
area not yet in place.
Large portion of area not served by any organized
purveyor more than 6000 agricultural /
residential groundwater users

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Current Conditions in the Central Area
Significant population growth, much of it in the
Central Area agricultural land being converted
to residential use
Groundwater contamination is a serious concern
three Superfund sites and other source localized
contaminant areas
Agencies and organizations with an interest in
the Central Area groundwater basin already
involved in litigation related to issues /
concerns

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Stakeholder Assessment
Purpose
Determine whether the conditions favorable to an
interest-based collaborative process are present
Identify specific concerns of potential
participants to understand scope of problems and
range of issues to be addressed
Methodology
Interviews (100 face-to-face interviews ranging
in length form forty five minutes to two hours)
Review of background materials (Sac. County
Groundwater Model, SCWA Zone 40 Master Plan,
Water Forum Agreement, etc.)

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Results of Assessment and
Recommendations Concerning Process
Stakeholders identified more than 30 items of
concern.
Six most frequently mentioned
Potential over-drafting of the aquifer /
declining water table
Water quality / groundwater contamination
Impacts of development
Cost of solving the problem
Equitable sharing of those costs
Lack of public awareness of any groundwater
problems or concerns

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Results of Assessment and
Recommendations Concerning Process
Areas of consensus among stakeholders
Health and viability of the groundwater basin
should be protected for current and future users
It will cost money to do so
These costs should be shared equitably by all
segments of the community
No single agency or jurisdiction can assure
protection of the basin regional effort is
needed.

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Results of Assessment and
Recommendations Concerning Process
1. Initiate a collaborative process to be
known as the Central Sacramento
County Groundwater Forum.
2. Interest groups that must be at the table
include
Agriculture
Agricultural / residential groundwater users
Business
Environmental / community organizations
Local governments / public agencies
Water purveyors
3. Each interest group to have 5
representatives.
4. Education Phase --- critical to the process.

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Mission and Goal Statements
Mission
Through a collaborative process, develop
recommendations designed to protect the health
and viability of the central Sacramento County
groundwater as a sustainable resource for both
current users and future generations.
Goal
The Groundwater Forum shall work collaboratively
to develop recommendations with regard to
groundwater management which effectively address
the interests of stakeholders. These
recommendations shall be forwarded to the Water
Forum for review and approval and implementation
by appropriate entities.

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Progress to Date
To date, the Groundwater Forum has
Adopted mission and goal statement, guiding
principles and ground rules
Approved guidelines on dealing with current /
potential litigation involving Forum
participants
Conducted a comprehensive education program
exploring basics concepts in groundwater
management and specific details relating to the
Central Area of the basin

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Progress to Date
Formulated Issues and Interest Statements for
each of the six interest groups represented in
the Forum
Reviewed and discussed the issues and interests
for each of these interest groups
Negotiated 29 Agreements-in-Principle that
provide the framework for further discussions
Secured the approval of all stakeholder
organizations for these Agreements-in-Principle

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Progress to Date
Reviewed and discussed four trial balloons ---
i.e., potential scenarios addressing groundwater
concerns in the Central Area of the basin
Created a Groundwater Management Plan (GMP) Task
Force, composed of stakeholder representatives,
to draft a comprehensive GMP for the entire
Central Area of the basin
Facilitated a Memorandum of Agreement by The
Nature Conservancy, the Southeast Sacramento
County Agricultural Water Authority and the
Sacramento County Water Agency for the management
of water and environmental resources associated
with the Lower Cosumnes River

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Challenges Ahead
Reaching consensus on a groundwater management
plan that will include a governance structure
that provides adequate protection for the
interests of each of the stakeholder groups at
the table.
Deciding how costs associated with groundwater
management will be paid.
Safeguarding the process so that it will not be
drawn off course by issues or events outside its
control.