Water Advisory Committee

Welcome to the Water Advisory Committee

NOTICE: This webpage is under reconstruction and not all links are working at this time. Thank you for your patience.(01/08/2010)

"It is the desire of the people of Glenn County that sufficient and affordable water of good quality be available on a sustainable basis to meet the needs of agricultural, industrial, recreational, environmental, residential and municipal users within the county, both now and in the future."

What’s new in Glenn County water related activities:

Strategic Planning

Over the course of the past year, there have been many presentations provided to the Board of Supervisors of Glenn County addressing the need for a greater level of planning beyond the Preliminary Plan developed in 2003. The following links will provide an over view of how the process has evolved.

Board of Supervisor Presentation August 5, 2008

Board of Supervisor Presentation November 4, 2008

From these presentations the Board has committed to make Strategic Planning for Water Resources a high priority.  Periodic updates will be provided on this page.

Four County Regional Acceptance Process for Integrated Regional Water Management Planning as a Regional Water Management Group

To be eligible for funding from Prop’s 84 and 1E for integrated regional water management planning and implementation activities or flood control projects, new legislation was created that calls for a greater level of Regional Acceptance through a Regional Acceptance Process (RAP) that addresses how regions will deal with boundary issues and overlap.

There is an emerging Integrated Regional Water Management Planning (IRWMP) area that encompasses the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Tehama.  All which share a common groundwater basin that overlies the Tehama and Tuscan groundwater aquifer systems.  These entities, or now a developing Regional Water Management Group (RWMG), have clearly defined governance structures and regulatory authorities and also recognize the value derived from coordination of activities, objectives, and strategies of common regional participation.  In addition, the RWMG also recognizes the value of their independent utility on specific activities, which may or may not be included in previous IRWMP activities.  For example, the local governments that make up the RWMG have fiduciary and regulatory responsibilities in the following areas which cannot legally be abdicated to non-governmental agencies:

  1. Water supply;
  2. Water quality;
  3. Environmental stewardship;
  4. Flood management;
  5. Internal drainage;
  6. Drought preparedness;
  7. Wastewater collection, treatment and discharge;
  8. Domestic water treatment and distribution;
  9. Watershed management;
  10. Recycled water;
  11. Groundwater management;
  12. Land use;
  13. Natural habitat and conservation;
  14. Conjunctive use; and
  15. Emphasis on reduced dependence on imported water.

For the RAP, the RWMG will create a new planning region within their County boundaries, but will continue to collaborate and coordinate with other RWM Groups and the Sacramento Valley IRWMP, while retaining its regional independence.

Regional Acceptance Process Application Submitted April 29, 2009