TO: Technical Advisory Group for the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jamison Crosby, Natural Resources Conservation Manager
SUBJECT: Napa Valley Subbasin GPR Implementation: Technical Advisory Group Review of Incentive Development
RECOMMENDATION
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Technical Advisory Group (TAG) members will receive a presentation on the development of concepts for incentives to support implementation of the Groundwater Pumping Reduction and Water Conservation Workplans, as well as a brief update on the Water Certification Partnership Program. This is intended to spur discussion, questions, and provide feedback to staff and participants.
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Procedure
Staff introduces.
Questions and answers with the TAG.
Public comments.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (NCGSA) is implementing the Water Conservation (WC) and Groundwater Pumping Reduction (GPR) Workplans (March 2024). The WC Workplan identified a suite of water conservation practices and the GPR Workplan developed an implementation plan to achieve measurable groundwater pumping reductions and overall water savings in the Napa Valley Subbasin (Subbasin). GPR implementation includes incentives for water users/industries in the Subbasin to adopt and expand water conservation practices.
One concept in the WC and GPR Workplans was expanding water conservation practices by partnering with existing certifications programs to include and expand required practices and develop data to quantify water conservation. The pilot Water Certification Partnership Program (WCPP) is being implemented to encourage vineyards and wineries to expand adoption of water conservation practices in Subbasin. NCGSA and its certification partners are developing the pilot WCPP. This includes a certification checklist for water conservation practices, a data reporting template, preliminary outreach to interes...
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