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2025 WMA Groundwater Management Fee Study

 

Logo of the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin Western Management Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

Western Management Area (WMA) Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)

 

The WMA GSA Board of Directors adopted the Groundwater Extraction Fee at its Special Meeting and Public Hearing on June 25, 2025. Related materials are provided below.

 

Western Management Area Groundwater Sustainability Fee Study Report, dated April 22, 2025

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING to Consider a Proposed Groundwater Management Fee within the Western Management Area (WMA) Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)
Public hearing notice on groundwater fees scheduled for June 25, 2025, 9 a.m. at Vandenberg Village, Lompoc, CA. English/Spanish.
Notice of a public hearing on June 25, 2025, for a proposed groundwater extraction fee in Lompoc, CA. Includes background and area maps.
Proposed groundwater extraction fees are outlined, with a schedule for increases. A $5.5M grant was awarded for water management projects.
Guide on submitting objections/protests to a water fee. Deadlines: June 16 for objections, June 25 for protests. Begins July 1, 2025.

 

  For more information, go to WMA-SantaYnezWater.org
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