HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-076RESOLUTION OUTLINING GUIDELINES FOR
GROUNDWATER MONITORING Pl1RSUANT TO
CHAPTER 33 OF TEIE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
Wf~-IEREAS, the groundwater within Butte County is a valuable resource to the
citizens of Butte County and the environment;
WHEREAS, the citizens passed a groundwater protection ordinance by majority
vote in November 1996; and
WHEREAS, the groundwater protection ordinance has been codified as Chapter
33 of the Butte County Code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 33 requires the development and coordination of a county-
wide groundwater monitoring program; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 33 requires that groundwater level measurements shall be
taken from such designated monitoring wells at least four (4) times per year, during the
months of March, July, August, and October; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has
established a monitoring well network that they have historically measured twice yearly
during the months of March and October, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Resource Conservation has worked
cooperatively since 1997 with the DWR to monitor the wells in this network during the
months of July and August; and
WHEREAS, the DWR has agreed to supply such data accumulated to the
Department of Water and Resource Conservation and the Butte Basin Water Users
Association; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Resource Conservation, through the
Water Commission and the Water Commission Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
have worked with the DWR to develop a plan for development and refinement of the
well-manitoring network to further address the requirements under Chapter 33 of the
Butte County Code; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 33 requires that specific monitoring wells shall be identified
for inclusion in aproject-specific manitoring program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors:
That the following guidelines be adopted regarding groundwater level manitoring
pursuant to Chapter 33 of the Butte County Code:
1) The Department, through the Water Commission and the Water
Commission TAC, shall continue to work with the DWR to develop and
retine the monitoring network.
2) The Department shall continue to work with the DWR to accumulate data
on water levels for the monitoring network at least four (4) times a year,
during the months of March, July, August, and October.
;} Data gathered by the Department and the DWR shall be made available to
Butte Basin Water Users Association as required in Section 33-3 of the
Butte County Code.
4) Data gathered by the Department and the DWR pursuant to this resolution
shall help to guide future groundwater planning processes and policy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this
26th day of June 2001. by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors F3eeler, Dolan, I-1oux, Yamaguchi and Chair Josiassen
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Curt J siassen, Chair of the
Butte~County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN BLACKLOCK
2
Chief Administrative Offieer
And Clerk of the Board
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