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

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About

Learn about the IRWM program, its history, and regional mission.

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Documents

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Group Meetings

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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