Public meetings slated to inform Sonoma County groundwater users

The sessions, starting Thursday, are being held to explain the regulations being developed for three Sonoma County groundwater basins immediately affected by the state’s 2014 law.|
MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Sonoma County residents dependent on private wells, and others interested in understanding how California’s new groundwater management law will be implemented locally, are urged to attend three upcoming meetings on the topic that begin tonight.

The sessions are being held to explain the governance structure being developed for three Sonoma County groundwater basins immediately affected by the state’s 2014 law. They include the Petaluma Valley, Santa Rosa Plain and Sonoma Valley basins.

New groundwater sustainability agencies are to be developed for each basin after public hearings planned for April and May. The deadline to create the new local agencies is June 30.

The informational meeting schedule is as follows:

• Petaluma Valley, tonight, 6-8 p.m., Petaluma Community Center, 320 North McDowell Blvd.

• Sonoma Valley, Monday, 6-8 p.m., Sonoma Charter School Multi-Purpose Room, 17202 Sonoma Highway.

• Santa Rosa Plain, April 3, 6-8 p.m., Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office, 35 Stony Point Road.

More information is available at sonomacountygroundwater.org.

You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.com.

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