Stakeholder Workshop

Stakeholder Workshop

October 10, 2019

Aquilogic moderated a stakeholder workshop at Three Valleys Municipal Water District in Claremont, California. More than 30 technical experts, water industry officials and other interested parties provided input on how the Bonanza Spring Study should be carried out.

Upcoming research will address data gaps and questions about whether groundwater pumping at the Cadiz Project would harm natural springs and associated ecosystems in the mountains surrounding Fenner Valley.

The following stakeholders were invited to participate in the workshop:

Elected Officials

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Representative Paul Cook

State Senator Richard Roth

State Assemblyman Jay Obernolte

San Bernardino County Supervisor Robert Lovingood

Government Agencies

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

U.S. National Park Service (NPS)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Soil Salinity Laboratory

California Natural Resources Agency

California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW)

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe

County of San Bernardino

County of Ventura

City of Pomona

Non-profits

American Groundwater Trust (AGWT)

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)

Nature Conservancy

Mojave Desert Land Trust

Sierra Club

Native American Land Conservancy

Center for Biological Diversity

Water Districts

Orange County Water District (OCWD)

Inland Empire Utility Agency (IEUA)

Jurupa Community Services District (JCSD)

San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA)

Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD)

Antelope Valley – East Kern Water Agency (AVEK)

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)

Walnut Valley Water District (WVWD)

United Water Conservation District (UWCD)

Mojave Water Agency (MWA)

Fenner Valley Water Authority (FVWA)

Suburban Water Systems – SouthWest Water Company (SWWC)

Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC)

Rowland Water District (RWD)

Numerics

Balleu Groundwater Inc.

Wildermuth Environmental

Parker Groundwater

Environmental Science Associates (ESA)

Stantec

Business

San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

Southern California Contractors Association

International Union of Operating Engineers – IUOE Local 12

BizFed – Los Angeles County Business Federation

The Southern California Group

Tetra Technologies

Construction Industry Coalition on Water Quality

Engineering Contractors’ Association (ECA)

Building Industry Association (BIA)

Standard Lithium

Research Organizations

Pitzer College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Loyola Marymount University (LMU)

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

University of California, Davis (UCD)

Desert Research Institute

Duke University

Colorado School of Mines

Stanford University

Technical Consultants

Buka Environmental

Cardno

Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.

Advisian

Integrated Resource Management

Geoscience Support Services Inc.