What are the components of a GMP?
Signed in September 2002, Senate Bill 1938 amended local groundwater management laws to add technical requirements for GMPs and provide guidance on GMP preparation. The amendment stipulated that: A GMP contains an inventory of water supplies and describes water uses within a given region. A GMP establishes groundwater Basin Management Objectives (BMOs) that are designed to protect and enhance the groundwater basin. A GMP identifies monitoring and management programs that ensure the BMOs are being met. A GMP outlines a stakeholder involvement and public information plan for the groundwater basin. All GMPs are broken into four distinct elements: Basin Goal, Basin Management Objectives, Plan Components and Management Actions. Each is a successive yet interrelated step that guides preservation of groundwater resources in the region.
