Groundwater Management Clause Samples
The Groundwater Management clause establishes the rules and responsibilities for monitoring, protecting, and using groundwater resources within a specified area or project. Typically, it outlines requirements for regular testing, reporting of groundwater quality and quantity, and mandates compliance with environmental regulations or permits. This clause ensures that groundwater is managed sustainably, prevents contamination, and allocates responsibility for any remediation, thereby protecting both environmental interests and legal compliance.
Groundwater Management. The Owner acknowledges and agrees that testing of groundwater to be removed from the site during redevelopment (construction dewatering), shall be undertaken. If through further testing the groundwater samples are found to be contaminated, all contaminated groundwater must removed, managed or treated in accordance with appropriate Ontario regulations and/or discharged in accordance with the City‟s Sewer Use By-law being By-law No. 2003-514, as amended at the cost of the City.
Groundwater Management. Over half of the water used in the Sacramento region comes from groundwater supplies. Over- pumping in some areas has lowered the water table as much as 90 feet, and some ▇▇▇▇▇ have been closed because of contamination. The Water Forum Agreement calls for a groundwater management plan to protect this valuable resource. The ground- water management element includes monitoring the amount of water withdrawn from the ground- water basin and the planned use of surface water in conjunction with groundwater. Three sub-basins characterize the groundwater basin – each with unique characteristics and circumstances, requiring a management plan or process appropriate to the sub-basin’s needs and conditions. North Area In 1998, cities and water purveyors banded togeth- er to form the Sacramento North Area Groundwater Management Authority (SNAGMA) to protect the groundwater basin in Sacramento County north of the American River. In 2001, the organization was renamed the Sacramento Groundwater Authority (SGA). SGA adopted a Groundwater Management Plan (GMP) for the management of the northern Sacramento County groundwater basin on Decem- ber 11, 2003. The plan, which meets requirements specified in recent legislation, lays out five manage- ment objectives for the basin and includes several components aimed at monitoring and managing groundwater quality and levels. 🌢 Since adoption of the plan, SGA has secured grant funding to construct a regional monitor- ing well network and to update the groundwa- ter model for the basin, including model grid and data refinement, time interval and model calibration. 🌢 In February 2004, SGA completed a State of the Basin Report for the year 2002 to improve the understanding of the basin conditions. 🌢 SGA took the lead in negotiating with regulators over groundwater cleanup activities impacting supplies north of the American River. Central Area The Central Sacramento County Groundwater Forum (CSCGF) began February 26, 2002. Thirty representatives from six interest groups are partici- pating in the negotiations. 🌢 The CSCGF completed an eight-month Education Phase in October 2002. 🌢 Negotiations for groundwater management began in November 2002. 🌢 Agreements-in-Principle on groundwater con- tamination, groundwater management, cost sharing and Governance were developed in 2003, and the “Early Review and Authorization to Proceed” (ERAP) document was released in early 2004. 🌢 In December 2004, a task force was formed in order to complete a GM...
Groundwater Management. Plan Methods and procedures for the pumping, containment, treatment, transportation and legal disposal of groundwater generated on the project.
Groundwater Management development of (i) a groundwater well network to monitor groundwater levels and quality, (ii) a groundwater database and models to aquifer system to support decision making process and impact analysis, and
Groundwater Management. The Operator shall be responsible for the management of groundwater at the New Facility and the management of the effects of the New Facility on the groundwater of neighbouring properties including,
a. establishing groundwater flow patterns, seasonal groundwater elevations and the rate of groundwater flows;
b. constructing ▇▇▇▇▇ or using existing ▇▇▇▇▇ to obtain representative upstream and downstream samples of groundwater flow, baseline groundwater quality and the type and extend of any contamination originating from the Site or the New Facility; and
c. carrying out remedial measures to mitigate the impacts of the New Facility on groundwater, including making operational changes.
Groundwater Management. This element provides a framework by which the groundwater resource in the Sacramento county-wide area can be protected and used in a sustainable manner. It also provides a mechanism for coordination with those adjacent counties that share the groundwater basin. Because it is out of sight, many people are surprised to find that groundwater supplies over half the water used in the region. The potential for continued over pumping and contamination caused stakeholder representatives to conclude that some type of groundwater management plan is needed to protect this vital resource. The groundwater element includes monitoring the amount of water withdrawn from the groundwater basin and the planned use of surface water in conjunction with groundwater. This is known as “conjunctive use.” Conjunctive use improves overall water supply reliability while at the same time providing for sustainable use of groundwater in a way that does not require restrictions on groundwater pumping. A key provision of this element includes recommendations on “sustainable yield,” which is the amount of water that can be safely pumped from the basin over a long period of time without damaging the aquifer. Given the hydrology of the region, separate estimated average annual sustainable yields have been formulated for each of the three sub-areas of the basin as follows: North Area: 131,000 acre feet South Area: 273,000 acre feet Galt Area: 115,000 acre feet
A. Sacramento North Area Groundwater Management The Sacramento North Area
B. South Area and Galt Area Discussions about groundwater management in the South Area and the Galt Area will be undertaken by the Water Forum Successor Effort. Because the South Area and the Galt Area each have their own unique circumstances, the Sacramento North Area
Groundwater Management. The Parties agree to undertake the development of a groundwater management plan for the SDF in accordance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014 and amendments thereto, and to jointly fund and develop such a plan within the regulatory schedule required in the California Water Code. The Parties agree to inform each other: (1) of their intent to form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) prior to filing any notices related to the formation of a GSA; and, (2) prior to submitting any information or requests to the Department of Water Resources to have the SDF reclassified in Bulletin 118. The City agrees to take the lead on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) as it relates to contracting with consultants to prepare the plan and in obtaining any available funding, such as Proposition 1 funding, to offset the cost of developing the groundwater sustainability plan.
Groundwater Management. Quantification Settlement Agreement
Groundwater Management. The PMU’s groundwater cell shall carry out activities under Part C of the Project. The groundwater cell shall be headed by a Deputy Director under Director Monitoring and Evaluation and supported by consultants.