Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Funded Projects
Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Funded Projects
Vina GSA Projects_Highlights.pdfVina GSA SGM Grant Projects PresentationTotal Grant Award: $5,535,000
Estimated Completion Date: March 2026
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Updates, Data Gaps, & Monitoring Network Enhancements
Implementing Agency: Vina GSA
Aims to enhance the understanding of the Vina subbasin's conditions by installing monitoring sites and equipment, focusing on domestic wells and implementing a Community Monitoring Program, alongside preparing the five-year GSP Periodic Evaluation and engaging with the public through various outreach efforts.
Consultant: Larry Walker Associates
Project Partner: Butte County Water and Resource Conservation
Total Project Budget: $1,070,000
Demand Reduction Strategies
Implementing Agency: Vina GSA
Aims to enhance groundwater sustainability in the Vina Subbasin by reducing consumptive use through extending orchard fallowing periods to reduce evapotranspiration (ET), promote and pilot precision irrigation, ET monitoring, and educational outreach.
Consultant: Geosyntec
Project Partner: Agricultural Groundwater Users of Butte County
Total Project Budget: $2,440,000
Lindo Channel Recharge Feasibility
Implementing Agency: Vina GSA
Aims to conduct feasibility and initial design for enhancing natural recharge along Lindo Channel using Big Chico Creek's excess flows to bolster groundwater for domestic wells and ecosystems through the Chico area, supplemented by monitoring groundwater conditions to assess impacts.
Consultant: Geosyntec
Project Partner: City of Chico
Total Project Budget: $330,000
Long-Term Fee Study Project
Implementing Agency: Vina GSA
Aims to develop a sustainable funding mechanism for managing groundwater resources. This ongoing project is actively evaluating various fee structures to ensure fair and equitable contributions from groundwater users, supporting the long-term management and protection of the Vina subbasin's groundwater resources.
Consultant: Hansford Economic Consulting
Total Project Budget: $225,000
Water Supply and Recharge Project
Implementing Agency: Butte County, Water & Resource Conservation
Evaluates the potential for expanded surface water use for irrigation and the feasibility of a phased groundwater recharge plan in the Vina Subbasin, incorporating previous studies and considering factors like site suitability, water availability, legal aspects, and sustainability goals, aimed at identifying optimal recharge areas and water supply projects.
Consultant: Geosyntec/Water and Land Solutions
Project Partner: Agricultural Groundwater Users of Butte County
Total Project Budget: $725,000
Inter-basin Coordination Analysis and Modeling
Implementing Agency: Butte County, Water & Resource Conservation
Focuses on analyzing GSPs along the Sacramento River Corridor to support inter-basin coordination, and conducting integrated groundwater-surface water modeling, including refinements to the Butte Basin Groundwater Model. Also includes analysis along the Feather River Corridor funded by the Wyandotte Creek GSA SGM grant.
Consultant: Montgomery and Associates
Total Project Budget: $467,000
Outreach Program
Implementing Agency: Butte County, Water & Resource Conservation
Will support an Outreach Program by the GSA to communicate subbasin conditions, GSP development and implementation, and to create education and outreach materials that support and encourage public engagement in all other grant funded projects.
Consultants: Raftelis, Spruce Studio
Total Project Budget: $165,000
Grant Administration
Implementing Agency: Butte County, Water & Resource Conservation
Administration tasks for the overall grant that includes invoicing, quarterly reporting, closeout reporting, and environmental information form(s).
Total Project Budget: $200,000
