Borrego Springs Watermaster Budget
Stipulated Judgment
- Stipulated Judgment (including exhibits), entered April 8, 2021
- Judgment Findings and Order, filed April 8, 2021
- Minute Order, April 8, 2021 re Motion for Entry of Judgment
Rules and Regulations
Requirements to Install, Read, and Annually Verify the Accuracy of Watermaster-Approved Meters
- Resolution 20-02 Establishing Approved Meters
- Resolution 20-03_Meter Verification
- Resolution 20-05 Establishing Meter Read Protocols
- Approved Meter Verification Vendors
- Meter Read Entry Agreement Exhibit 8
Forms for Documentation and Approval of Water Rights Transfers in the Borrego Springs Subbasin
- Temporary Assignment of Annual Allocation of BPA Rights
- Transfer of Annual Allocation or Carryover
- Lease of BPA Rights
- Permanent Transfer of BPA
Application for New De Minimus Pumping. If you are applying to be a new De Minimus Pumper in the Borrego Springs Subbasin (pumping equal to or less than 2 acre-feet per year), please complete and submit this application to the Watermater.
Application for Construction of a New or Replacement Non-De Minimus Well. If you are applying to construct a new or replacement well in the Borrego Springs Subbasin (pumping greater than 2 acre-feet per year), please complete and submit this application to the Watermaster.
Groundwater Management Plan
- Groundwater Management Plan – Complete
- Cover Pages
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D1-D3
- Appendix D4
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G
Technical References
- DUDEK. 2019. Update to USGS Borrego Valley Hydrologic Model for the Borrego Valley GSA (draft final).
- USGS. 2015. Hydrogeology, Hydrologic Effects of Development, and Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Borrego Valley, San Diego County, California.
DWR Annual Reports
- WEST YOST. 2021. Borrego Springs Subbasin 2020 Annual Report.
- DUDEK. 2020. First Annual Report: Borrego Springs Subbasin: Covering Water Years 2016 through 2019.
Archived Court Filings (Archive of http://cms.www.borregowaterlawsuit.com)
- Borrego Water Lawsuit – Archived Adjudication Webpages
- Notices
- Forms
- Pleadings
- [Proposed] Judgment Findings and Order (April 1, 2021)
- Notice of Non-Opposition to Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Order of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively, for Preliminary Injunction (April 1, 2021)
- Stipulated Judgment with Exhibits 1-9 (March 25, 2021)
- Supplemental Notice of Lodgment of Exhibit in Support of Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Order of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively for Preliminary Injunction (March 25, 2021)
- Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Supporting Documents (March 12, 2021)
- Notice of Motion and Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment
- Memorandum in Support of Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Order of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively for Preliminary Injunction
- Declaration of James B. Gilpin in Support of Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Oder of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively for Preliminary Injunction
- Declaration of Arthur Storer Driscoll, III (“Trey”) in Support of Motion for Judgment Pursuant to Section 850 of the Code of Civil Procedure
- Declaration of Shannon Smith in Support of Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Order of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively for Preliminary Injunction
- Notice of Lodgment of Exhibits in Support of Motion for Entry of Stipulated Judgment and Order of Financial Reimbursement, or Alternatively for Preliminary Injunction
- Proof of Service
- Borrego Water District’s Complaint for Comprehensive Adjudication (January 30, 2020)
- Civil Case Cover Sheet (January 30, 2020)
- Orange County Superior Court Self-Help and Alternative Dispute Resolution Information Package
- Orders and Notices of Rulings
- Notice of Ruling after Further Status Conference (March 4, 2021)
- Notice of Ruling after Further Status Conference (December 23, 2020)
- Notice of Ruling (November 24, 2020)
- Notice of Ruling (July 21, 2020)
- Notice of July 16, 2020 Minute Order (July 21, 2020)
- Order Granting Plaintiff Borrego Water District’s Motion to Approve Notice of Adjudication and Form Answer (July 20, 2020)
- Notice and Proof of Service of June 16, 2020 Minute Order (June 19, 2020)
- Notice and Proof of Service of June 9, 2020 Minute Order (June 19, 2020)
- Minute Order (June 16, 2020)
- Amended Settlement Documents – Proposed Stipulated Judgment
- Exhibit C – Stipulated Judgment (revised clean version)
- Exhibit C – Stipulated Judgment (revised redline version)
- Exhibit C – Stipulated Judgment (original version)
- Exhibit 4 – BPA Table (clean version)
- Exhibit 4 – BPA Table (redline version)
- Exhibit 4 – BPA Table (BAR Boundary Map Attachment)
- Exhibit 5 – Watermaster Rules and Regulations (clean version)
- Exhibit 5 – Watermaster Rules and Regulations (redline version)
- Exhibit 6 – Water Rights Restrictive Covenant (clean versions)
- Exhibit 6 – Water Rights Restrictive Covenant (redline versions) Hide Documents
- Exhibit 8 – Entry Permit (clean version)
- Exhibit 8 – Entry Permit (redline version)
- Exhibit 9 – Facility Standards for Mutual Water Companies
- Stipulation for Judgment
- Amended Settlement Documents – Settlement Agreement
- Settlement Documents
- Executed Settlement Agreement
- Proposed Stipulated Judgment (Settlement Agreement Exhibit C)
- Groundwater Management Plan
- Baseline Pumping Allocations (Proposed Stipulated Judgment Exhibit 4)
- Rules and Regulations of the Borrego Springs Watermaster (Proposed Stipulated Judgment Exhibit 5)
- Water Rights Restrictive Covenant Forms (Proposed Stipulated Judgment Exhibit 6)
- Processes for Selecting Representatives (Proposed Stipulated Judgment Exhibit 7)
- Entry Permit Form (Proposed Stipulated Judgment Exhibit 8)
- Status Conference Statements