The 2014 SGMA: A Handbook to Understanding and Implementing the Law"
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) gives local agencies the authorities to manage groundwater in a sustainable manner and allows for limited state intervention when necessary to protect groundwater resources. The SGMA requires the creation of groundwater sustainability agencies to develop and implement local plans allowing 20 years to achieve sustainability. The SGMA provides a state framework to regulate groundwater for the first time in California history.
Water Education Foundation: The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: A Handbook to Understanding and Implementing the Law (October 2015)