The East Kaweah GSA is hosting a ribbon cutting on  August 9th from 10 AM – 11 AM at the Lindsay Recharge Basin site in coordination with its member agencies, Lindmore Irrigation District and the City of Lindsay, for the newly improved Lindsay Recharge Basin! This project was made possible by agency partnerships within the East Kaweah GSA boundary and funding support from the State.

The ribbon cutting will include remarks from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the City of Lindsay, and Lindmore Irrigation District.

The project was funded in part by a $330,000 Sustainable Groundwater Management grant from DWR. Grants play a pivotal role in successful completion of groundwater sustainability projects, as they decrease the cost burden on local agencies and their stakeholders.

The basin captures available surface water to recharge the aquifer for groundwater sustainability. Groundwater recharge during wet years helps offset groundwater pumping during dry years. This project uses an existing 8-acre basin to increase the recharge capacity to an estimated 150-acre feet annually. It is located in Lindsay on Mariposa Street off of Highway 65.

You can read about how DWR grants have funded several East Kaweah GSA projects in our new project portfolio resource.