Explore our collection of past workshop materials, including downloadable PDFs and full video recordings. Whether you’re revisiting a session or catching up on one you missed, this archive provides easy access to the knowledge and resources shared in each workshop.
Groundwater Enrichment Sessions
Following the establishment of the MGA in 2016 and preceeding the development of the initial Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Basin, the MGA hosted four workshops to inform the public and GSP Advisory Committee on groundwater planning and management under the SGMA.
Orientation Session 1: Groundwater 101 and SGMA – A Primer for the Community (October 5, 2017)
Objectives:
- Understanding fundamental hydrogeologic terms and concepts needed for Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and groundwater modeling
- Understanding the background, purpose, and basics of developing a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) under SGMA
Orientation Session 2: The State of the Basin (October 25, 2017)
Objectives:
- What the Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Basin looks like
- Understanding of historic and current Basin conditions
- How the Basin has been managed
Orientation Session 3: Sustainability (November 13, 2017)
Objectives:
- Understand the parts of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan
- Understand how sustainability is defined in SGMA
- Understand the process for developing our sustainability definition
Orientation Session 4: Groundwater Modeling (December 7, 2017)
Objectives:
- Provide introduction to groundwater models
- Describe how groundwater model will be used for GSP
- Describe model of the Mid-County Basin
- Outline plans for simulating future groundwater management in the Mid-County Basin