Groundwater Trading
The Water Resiliency Portfolio (2020) tasked the four State agencies to “create flexibility for GSAs to trade water within basins by enabling and incentivizing transactional approaches, including groundwater markets, with rules that safeguard natural resources, small- and medium-size farms, and water supply and quality for disadvantaged communities.” This direction is spelled out as Action 3.6. In 2021, the California Water Commission (Commission) was tasked to take initial steps to advance Action 3.6, and in 2022, the Commission's White Paper (https://cwc.ca.gov/-/media/CWC-Website/Files/Documents/2022/05_May/May2022_Item_10_Attach_1_WhitePaper_Final.pdf) identifies potential State actions and suggests that “with DWR as the lead agency, [the four State agencies] develop a workplan for implementing Action 3.6…”.
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"fn": "Sustainable Groundwater Management Office",
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"hasEmail": "mailto:sgmps@water.ca.gov"
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| description | The Water Resiliency Portfolio (2020) tasked the four State agencies to “create flexibility for GSAs to trade water within basins by enabling and incentivizing transactional approaches, including groundwater markets, with rules that safeguard natural resources, small- and medium-size farms, and water supply and quality for disadvantaged communities.” This direction is spelled out as Action 3.6. In 2021, the California Water Commission (Commission) was tasked to take initial steps to advance Action 3.6, and in 2022, the Commission's White Paper (https://cwc.ca.gov/-/media/CWC-Website/Files/Documents/2022/05_May/May2022_Item_10_Attach_1_WhitePaper_Final.pdf) identifies potential State actions and suggests that “with DWR as the lead agency, [the four State agencies] develop a workplan for implementing Action 3.6…”. |
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"title": "Interagency Groundwater Trading Workplan",
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"description": "The Department of Water Resources (DWR), in a collaboration with the State Water Board, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Department of Food and Agriculture, have developed and released an Interagency Workplan for Enabling and Incentivizing Well-Managed Groundwater Trading with Safeguards for Vulnerable Users.",
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| identifier | e4586bf9-be0e-4691-9fac-763ca9ce9192 |
| issued | 2026-02-25T17:43:54.977692 |
| keyword |
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"California",
"Groundwater",
"Groundwater Trading",
"Sustainable Groundwater Management",
"california department of water resources"
]
|
| modified | 2026-02-25T19:54:36.838321 |
| publisher |
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"name": "California Department of Water Resources",
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}
|
| theme |
[
"Natural Resources",
"Water"
]
|
| title | Groundwater Trading |
