It is the purpose and intent of the District’s Regulatory Plan to establish policy in the areas of groundwater regulation, permits and enforcement and to establish District regulatory areas and associated regulatory requirements. A Regulatory Area is defined as a geographic subdivision of the District in which goals are established to reduce groundwater withdrawals by specific deadlines.
The 2013 Regulatory Plan has been developed for the period through the year 2035 with an overall goal to reduce groundwater withdrawal to no more than 70% of total water demand for Regulatory Area A as of January 2014. Beginning in January 2025, a permittee shall be required to reduce and maintain groundwater withdrawals to comprise no more than 40% of the permittee’s total water demand. Permittees within Area B are not subject to groundwater reduction requirements or disincentive fees. The District will continue to evaluate water-level and subsidence conditions within Area B boundaries and may adopt groundwater reduction requirements in the future.
This Regulatory Plan may be amended prior to year 2035.
