Public Meetings and Ways to Participate
This website contains information regarding public meetings related to basins subject to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and opportunities to participate in our SGMA processes. The calendar below includes details on how to participate in upcoming public meetings.
Visit our Public Participation in State Water Board Roles Related to SGMA webpage for an overview of ways to participate in the public process.
Other SGMA Links
2025 Calendar
| Date | Basin | Topic | Notice/Aviso | Agendas | Presentation(s) | Video |
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| January 7 | Kaweah Subbasin | CANCELLED Probationary Hearing for the Kaweah Subbasin | Revised Notice Aviso Revisado |
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| February 20 | Kern County Subbasin | Probationary Hearing for the Kern County Subbasin | Notice Aviso |
Agenda Agenda en Español ਪ੍ਰੋਬੇਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਸੁਣਵਾਈ ਦਾ ਏਜੰਡਾ |
Presentation Presentación en Español ਸਟਾਫ਼ਦੀਪੇਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ੀ |
Video Vídeo en español ਪ੍ਰੋਬੇਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਸੁਣਵਾਈ ਵੀਡੀਓ |
| April 15 | Multiple | Update on Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) | Agenda Agenda en Español |
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| June 3 | Chowchilla Subbasin | Board Meeting Agenda Item to Consider Returning the Chowchilla Subbasin to the Department of Water Resources | ||||
| September 17 | Kern County Subbasin | Continuation of Probationary Hearing for the Kern County Subbasin |
| Date | Basin | Topic | Notice/Agenda | Aviso/Agenda en Español | Presentation(s) | Video |
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| April 5 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Tule Subbasin | Virtual public workshop on Zoom (Please see the Notice on how to participate) |
Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en Español |
Video Vídeo en español |
| April 8 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Tule Subbasin | In-person public workshop in the City of Porterville, CA (Please see the Notice on how to participate) |
Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en Español |
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| April 16 | Tulare Lake Subbasin | Probationary Hearing for the Tulare Lake Subbasin | Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
For copies of the panel presentations, please contact us. |
Video |
| June 24 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Kaweah Subbasin | Virtual public workshop on Zoom | Agenda | Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en Español |
Video Vídeo en español |
| June 27 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Kaweah Subbasin | In-person public workshop in the City of Visalia, CA | Agenda | Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en Español |
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| August 26 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Kern County Subbasin | Virtual public workshop on Zoom | Notice | Aviso |
Please contact us for a copy of the workshop presentation in Spanish or Punjabi |
Video |
| August 29 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Kern County Subbasin | In-person public workshop in the City of Bakersfield, CA | Notice | Aviso |
Please contact us for a copy of the workshop presentation in Spanish or Punjabi |
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| September 17 | Tule Subbasin | Probationary Hearing for the Tule Subbasin |
Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en español ਸਟਾਫ਼ਦੀਪੇਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ |
Video Vídeo en español ਪ੍ਰੋਬੇਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਸੁਣਵਾਈ ਵੀਡੀਓ |
| Date | Basin | Topic | Notice/Agenda | Aviso/Agenda en Español | Presentation(s) | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 4 | Multiple | Update on the Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) | Agenda | Agenda en Español | Board Presentation | Video |
| June 21 | Multiple | Potential Probationary Hearings Process Update | Agenda | Agenda en Español | Board Presentation | Video |
| November 3 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Tulare Lake | Virtual public workshop on Zoom | Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
Video | |
| November 8 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Tulare Lake | In-person public workshop in Hanford, CA | Notice Agenda |
Aviso Agenda en Español |
Presentation Presentación en Español |
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| December 19 | Multiple | Update on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | Agenda | Agenda en Español | Presentation | Video |
Past Events
- View the Update on the Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) informational item 5 presented to the State Water Board on April 4, 2023.
- View the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) informational item 9 presented to the State Water Board Resources Control Board (State Water Board), on September 7, 2022.
- View the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) informational item 6 presented to the State Water Board, on May 10, 2022.
- View the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) informational item 9 presented to the State Water Board, on June 2, 2020.
- The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted SGMA community workshops in January 2020 in the cities of Clovis and Paso Robles. These regional workshops focused on the evaluation of Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the state's role, annual groundwater extraction reporting requirements, and available resources. The following resources regarding these workshops are available below:
- State Water Board's Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions Workshop, December 3, 2018
Contact Us
If you have questions, please contact us at 916-322-6508 or email at SGMA@waterboards.ca.gov.
Language Access Services
The State Water Board provides interpretation and translation services in any language at no cost to you.
To request these services, click on the button below to open the language access form, or email us at LanguageServices@Waterboards.ca.gov.
The form is available in English, Español (Spanish), Tagalog, 中文 (Simplified Chinese), 한국인 (Korean), Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi).
Comuníquese con nosotros para solicitar servicios lingüísticos o información en su idioma:
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