§ 33A-3. Water Advisory Committee.

(a)

The Water Advisory Committee (WAC) shall be appointed by the Board. The WAC shall be an advisory committee comprised of area-specific members, with one (1) member appointed from each defined sub-inventory unit within the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin portion of the County, and one (1) each from the Foothill and Mountain inventory units, as defined in the 2001 Butte County Water Inventory/Analysis report. Additional at-large, nonvoting members shall be appointed, one (1) from each incorporated municipality in the County: Chico, Oroville, Paradise, Gridley and Biggs, one (1) from the agricultural community, one (1) from the environmental community and one (1) from each organized watershed group in the county. The operation of the Water Advisory Committee shall be governed by bylaws approved by the Board of Supervisors.

(b)

Sub-inventory Units.

(1)

Vina;

(2)

M&T;

(3)

Llano Seco;

(4)

Durham/Dayton;

(5)

Western Canal;

(6)

Pentz;

(7)

Esquon;

(8)

Cherokee;

(9)

Richvale;

(10)

Thermalito;

(11)

Biggs-West Gridley;

(12)

Butte Sink;

(13)

Butte;

(14)

North Yuba;

(15)

Angel Slough;

(16)

Chico Urban Area.

(c)

The local representatives of each sub-inventory unit shall be responsible for providing the department with input on the development of the Basin Management Objective for their sub-inventory unit, providing the department with information to assist in the evaluation of their BMOs and facilitating outreach to stakeholders in their sub-inventory unit.

(d)

Sub-inventory units may be added, modified or changed as deemed necessary by the stakeholders within the sub-inventory unit. All modifications and changes shall be reviewed by the WAC and approved by the Board.

(Ord. No. 4034, § 1, 9-13-11)