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Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Basin Groundwater Management Plan <br />Northeastern San Joaquin County Section 3 <br />Groundwater Banking Authority 79 Basin Management Objectives <br />3 Basin Management Objectives <br />Senate Bill (SB) 1938, created in 2002, requires that agencies that elect to, “Prepare and <br />implement a groundwater management plan that includes basin management objectives for the <br />groundwater basin that is subject to the plan. The plan shall include components relating to the <br />monitoring and management of groundwater levels within the groundwater basin, groundwater <br />quality degradation, inelastic land surface subsidence, and changes in surface flow and surface <br />water quality that directly affect groundwater levels or quality or are caused by groundwater <br />pumping in the basin.” In addition, local agencies that do not adopt or participate in a plan <br />fulfilling the requirements of SB 1938 shall not be eligible for State funding intended for <br />groundwater projects. The Authority has developed the following qualitative Basin Management <br />Objectives (MO) for the GMA. <br />3.1 Groundwater Levels <br />Management Objective #1: Groundwater Levels <br />Maintain or enhance groundwater elevations to meet the long-term needs of groundwater users <br />within the Groundwater Management Area. <br />Groundwater Management Plan elements contributing to the success of Basin MO #1: <br />1 Increased use of available and new surface water supplies; <br />2 Implementation of local and regional conjunctive use programs and projects; <br />3 Urban and agricultural incentive based conservation and demand management <br />programs; <br />4 Basin-wide monitoring and science programs; <br />5 Development of operations criteria for protection against prolonged droughts and the <br />prevention of Basin mismanagement; and <br />6 Development of sufficient local and outside revenue sources for projects and programs <br />to meet the Basin MO #1. <br />3.2 Groundwater Quality <br />Management Objective #2: Water Quality <br />Maintain or enhance groundwater quality underlying the Basin to meet the long-term needs of <br />groundwater users within the Groundwater Management Area. <br />Groundwater Management Plan elements contributing to the success of Basin MO #2: <br />• Development and implementation of saline groundwater intrusion control projects and <br />programs; <br />• Increased coordination with regulatory agencies to better protect against and mitigate <br />groundwater contamination;