State Senator Brian Dahle, District 1 | Official U.S. Senate headshot
State Senator Brian Dahle, District 1 | Official U.S. Senate headshot
Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) has announced that approximately $45 million has been awarded to improve sustainable groundwater use and storage through the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program. The following grantees received funding:
- Modoc County Groundwater Sustainability Agency: $2.6 million
- Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District: $10.5 million
- Sierra Valley Groundwater Management District: $5.4 million
- Enterprise Anderson Groundwater Sustainability Agency: $2.4 million
- Tehama County Public Works: $14.8 million
- Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency: $5.5 million
- Wyandotte Creek Groundwater Sustainability Agency: $5.5 million
“It’s important for the state to help newly formed local groundwater agencies understand and carefully manage their aquifers without burying local landowners and ratepayers in expensive new mandated costs,” stated Dahle.
DWR is awarding a total of $187 million in grants to improve sustainable groundwater use and storage across 103 individual projects in 32 groundwater sub-basins, including areas affecting Tribes and underrepresented communities.
California's 1st Senate District contains all or portions of 15 counties, including Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Shasta. It also serves deferred areas of Tehama, Butte, Colusa, and Glenn counties.
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