Solano Collaborative

In 2016, a series of meetings with a “GSA Advisory Group,” which included representatives from all interested Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)-eligible agencies as well representatives from the agricultural community, were held. The agricultural representative groups included: the Solano County Farm Bureau, Solano County Agricultural Advisory Committee, the Dixon Resource Conservation District and the Solano Resource Conservation District. These meetings were held with the purpose of determining if a single GSA could be formed to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and implement a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). This group worked to develop recommendations for what the GSA(s) would look like and how to best include agricultural representation. The recommendations were released for board and public review in October 2016 and discussed in December 2016 public input meetings. Ultimately, several GSAs were established, including the Solano GSA, City of Vacaville GSA, Sacramento County GSA, Solano Irrigation District GSA, and the Northern Delta GSA. Please contact the GSAs directly to find out about details on upcoming meetings you would like to attend.

These GSAs originally formed the Solano Subbasin GSA Collaborative (Solano Collaborative). Currently groundwater management involves five additional independent GSAs representing Reclamation District (RD) 3, RD 349, RD 555, RD 556, RD 2111, and RD 317. With the involvement of all of the above GSAs, there are no unmanaged areas in the Subbasin

The Solano Collaborative has worked to develop a single Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Solano Subbasin to fulfill the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).