California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 2 - Department of Water Resources
Chapter 1.5 - Groundwater Management
Subchapter 2 - Groundwater Sustainability Plans
Article 5 - Plan Contents
Subarticle 4 - Monitoring Networks
Section 354.38 - Assessment and Improvement of Monitoring Network
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Each Agency shall review the monitoring network and include an evaluation in the Plan and each five-year assessment, including a determination of uncertainty and whether there are data gaps that could affect the ability of the Plan to achieve the sustainability goal for the basin.
(b) Each Agency shall identify data gaps wherever the basin does not contain a sufficient number of monitoring sites, does not monitor sites at a sufficient frequency, or utilizes monitoring sites that are unreliable, including those that do not satisfy minimum standards of the monitoring network adopted by the Agency.
(c) If the monitoring network contains data gaps, the Plan shall include a description of the following:
(d) Each Agency shall describe steps that will be taken to fill data gaps before the next five-year assessment, including the location and purpose of newly added or installed monitoring sites.
(e) Each Agency shall adjust the monitoring frequency and density of monitoring sites to provide an adequate level of detail about site-specific surface water and groundwater conditions and to assess the effectiveness of management actions under circumstances that include the following:
1. New section filed 8-15-2016 as an emergency exempt from review by OAL pursuant to Water Code section 10733.2(d); operative 8-15-2016. Pursuant to Water Code section 10733.2(d), these regulations shall remain in effect until revised by the Department of Water Resources (Register 2016, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Section 10733.2, Water Code. Reference: Sections 10723.2, 10727.2, 10728.2, 10733, 10733.2 and 10733.8, Water Code.
