Central Management Area (CMA) Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT FEE WITHIN THE CENTRAL MANAGEMENT AREA (cma) GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY (gsa)

• CMA GSA Resolution No. 2025-01 Fixing Procedures for a Proposition 218 Majority Protest Hearing Regading a Sustainable Groundwater Management Fee (Adopted April 22, 2025) 

• Central Management Area Sustainable Groundwater Management Fee Study Report dated April 21, 2025 (Presented to and accepted by CMA GSA Board April 22, 2025) 

• CMA GSA Resolution No. 2025-02 Declaring the Results of a Proposition 218 Majority Protest Process and Adopting the Groundwater Management Fee (Adopted June 23, 2025) 
  • Extraction Charge
    • July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026 (maximum per acre-foot):  $63.32
    • July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027 (maximum per acre-foot):  $65.85
    • July 1, 2027-June 30, 2028 (maximum per acre-foot):  $68.48
    • July 1, 2028-June 30, 2029 (maximum per acre-foot):  $71.22
    • July 1, 2029-June 30, 2030 (maximum per acre-foot):  $74.07
  • Acreage Charge
    • July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026 (maximum per acre):  $2.08
    • July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027 (maximum per acre):  $2.16
    • July 1, 2027-June 30, 2028 (maximum per acre):  $2.25
    • July 1, 2028-June 30, 2029 (maximum per acre):  $2.34
    • July 1, 2029-June 30, 2030 (maximum per acre):  $2.43

• CMA GSA Resolution No. 2025-03 Setting Groundwater Management Fee and Requesting Collection of Groundwater Management Fees for FYE2026 in the same manner as Municipal Ad Valorem Taxes (Adopted June 23, 2025) 
  • Extraction Charge
    • July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026 (per acre-foot):  $63.32
  • Acreage Charge
    • July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026 (per acre):  $2.08