Supporting Regional Water Management
The Poso Creek Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Group was formed in 2005 by water management districts in the Northern Tulare Lake region of Kern County.
Through collaboration and regional planning the Group develops and implements projects and programs that improve water reliability, increase groundwater recharge, strengthen infrastructure, and address regional water management challenges.
Goal and Objectives
To maintain compliance with regional planning guidelines the Poso Creek IRWM Group has defined a set of Regional Goals, indicating the highest level priorities regional planning and implementation activities. These goals are meant to express the groups’ interests in addressing agricultural, municipal, social, economic, and environmental concerns in the region. Furthermore, the IRWM Group defined Measurable Objectives as a means of accomplishing the Regional Goals and to identify projects and programs suitable for implementation to meet the regional priorities of the IRWM Group.
All projects and programs submitted to the RWMG for consideration are required to provide a preliminary assessment of consistency with the goals and objectives. In most cases, the IRWM Group only considers submissions that illustrate a clear link, either quantitatively (preferred) or qualitatively, between one or more of these goals and objectives and the potential benefits of project or program implementation.
Explore Poso Creek IRWM
About
Learn about the IRWM program, its history, and regional mission.
Documents
Access plans, reports, grant information, and other project resources.
Group Meetings
Access meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, and public participation information.
Working Together Since 2005
The Poso Creek IRWM Group brings together water districts, agencies, landowners, stakeholders, and local communities to develop collaborative solutions that improve regional water reliability and resource management.
Participating Agencies
North Kern
Water Storage District
Cawelo
Water District
Cawelo
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Kern County
Kern-Tulare Water District
Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District
North West Kern Resource Conservation District
South San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
Representative for Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
Resources
Poso Creek Region Map
View a map of the Poso Creek IRWM planning region.
IRWM Grant Program
Learn more about California Department of Water Resources IRWM funding opportunities.
Contact
For more information, or to be added to the e-mail distribution and participant lists please use the following to contact the Poso Creek IRWM Group:
Isela Medina, Poso Creek IRWM Group Representative
Phone: 661-758-5113
Email: imedina@semitropic.com
Poso Creek RWMG
c/o Semitropic Water Storage District
1101 Central Avenue
Wasco, CA 93280-0877
