Common use of Monitoring Network Clause in Contracts

Monitoring Network. 8.1 In accordance with SGMA, the Parties hereby agree to coordinate the development and maintenance of a monitoring network at a Subbasin level. The Subbasin monitoring network description shall include monitoring objectives, protocols, and data reporting requirements specific to enumerated sustainability indicators. Each GSA is responsible for the following: (a) Maintaining the representative monitoring network within its boundary; (b) Filling data gaps in its GSA on a defined schedule; (c) Collecting data per the approved Subbasin-wide monitoring protocol; (d) Considering developing and maintaining a supplementary network for collecting data in excess of the minimum need, for the purposes of supporting local management decisions (since the level of detail necessary may not be sufficient in a Subbasin level network); and (e) Each GSA shall have a minimum of one monitoring well (measuring water level and water quality) from each aquifer in which it has groundwater pumping within its GSA boundaries, sufficient to meet the recommendations of the Subbasin-wide GSP consultant. 8.2 The minimum monitoring network shall be based on the evaluation performed by the Subbasin-wide GSP consultant and may change from time to time. The Subbasin-wide GSP consultant shall evaluate to the monitoring network to ensure: (a) There is a proper spatial and temporal coverage to inform a groundwater model; (b) The level of monitoring is commensurate with the use in an area (e.g., limited monitoring well(s) in areas that do not pump or higher density of survey benchmarks in areas that have numerous deep ▇▇▇▇▇); and (c) The network is balanced, so that should an exceedance occur, it is not biased or weighted as a function of a poorly distributed monitoring network.

Monitoring Network. 8.1 In accordance with SGMA, the Parties hereby agree to coordinate the development and maintenance of a monitoring network at a Subbasin level. The Subbasin monitoring network description shall include monitoring objectives, protocols, and data reporting requirements specific to enumerated sustainability indicators. Each GSA is responsible for the following: (a) Maintaining Operating and maintaining the representative monitoring network within its boundary; (b) Filling data gaps in its GSA on a defined schedule; (c) Collecting data per the approved Subbasin-wide monitoring protocol; (d) Considering developing and maintaining a supplementary network for collecting data in excess of the minimum need, for the purposes of supporting local management decisions (since the level of detail necessary may not be sufficient in a Subbasin level network); and (e) Each GSA shall have a minimum of one representative monitoring well (measuring water level and water quality) from each aquifer (above the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ layer – shallow aquifer, or below the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ layer – deep aquifer) in which it has groundwater pumping either within its GSA boundariesboundaries or within the area of influence of the pumping that is occurring, sufficient to meet the recommendations of the Subbasin-Subbasin- wide GSP consultant. 8.2 The minimum monitoring network shall be based on the evaluation performed by the Subbasin-wide GSP consultant and may change from time to time. The Subbasin-wide GSP consultant shall evaluate to the monitoring network to ensure: (a) There is a proper spatial and temporal coverage to inform a groundwater model; (b) The level of monitoring is commensurate with the use in an area (e.g., limited monitoring well(s) in areas that do not pump or higher density of survey benchmarks in areas that have numerous deep ▇▇▇▇▇); and (c) The network is balanced, so that should an exceedance occur, it is not biased or weighted as a function of a poorly distributed monitoring network.