Sponsor the 2026 monitoring record for a California orchard groundwater program: source-labelled water-use data and a benchmark comparison.

What you fund

A project on a working orchard.

• SensorsSoil-moisture sensors and qualifying wellhead meters where needed, with existing meters used after their installation, coverage and calibration records are reviewed.
• InstallInstalled and serviced by our field team.
• MonitoringMonitored seasons with pressure chamber readings in the orchard, and comparison blocks where the accepted protocol requires them.
• The validated volumeReduced withdrawal, metered where qualifying wellhead meters are in place and reviewed by an independent third party before any validated volume is claimed. The grower receives 50% of the net payment for it.

Three tiers, in order of availability

Three numbers, three labels, never mixed.

The benchmark number is the ask today. The measured and validated numbers come later, each with its own gate; advancement is not automatic.

1. 1Available now

   Benchmark efficiency

   Farms that run below the published benchmark. The farm’s own 2026 water figure (applied water from its pump records, or, for farm units confirmed in the applicable Madera County GSA account, the GSA’s satellite ETAW), compared with a named and dated DWR county estimate on the same basis for the same crop. A performance claim, not a reduction; available now, priced per sponsored acre.

   Published figure

   This block

   Sample data

   Efficiency against a published benchmark, for the farm's own fields. A performance claim, not a reduction.

   A comparison with a published figure
   Each record states its source. For the 2026 citrus records, applied water is calculated from logged pump run-time and the block application rate, not from a flow meter, and compared with a named and dated DWR county applied-water estimate for the crop. For the 2026 Madera County records, for farm units confirmed in the applicable Madera County GSA account, the figure is the GSA’s own satellite ETAW for the farm units, compared with a DWR county ETAW estimate on the same consumptive-use basis; the farm’s meter records are kept alongside the satellite figures for comparison and are not presented as the GSA’s record.Citrus volumes from pump run-time records and the block application rate, not a flow meter.2026 season records on about 570 citrus acres; Madera County records, for farm units confirmed in the applicable GSA account, from the GSA’s satellite ETAW, final in January
2. 22027 season

   Measured reduction

   Proposed for a later season. Project-period groundwater withdrawal compared with an accepted site-specific baseline, using the measurement basis stated on each record. AgWaterAI calculation; not independently validated. Baseline method and site eligibility remain subject to technical review. Pressure chamber readings document tree water status alongside it. Priced per acre-foot.

   Own history, then this season

   Sample data

   Measured reduction against the farm's own weather-adjusted history. Measured and signed by AgWaterAI, not independently validated.

   Measured, not independently validated
3. 32027 vintage, validation after the season

   Validated benefit

   Validated benefits. The same record reviewed by an independent assurance provider using the VWBA 2.0 guidance, under an accepted project-specific method. The baseline cap at the allocation is our proposal, subject to that review. No validated record has been issued under this program. For replenishment programs that require it.

   VWBA 2.0

   Validator named on the record. Baseline capped at the allocation.

   Validated volumetric benefit under VWBA 2.0, baseline capped at the allocation, independent validator named.

   Independent validator named on the record
   “Independent validator named” means the validator’s name is printed on each validated record when it is issued. This label is not issued today; no validator is appointed, and the baseline cap at the allocation is AgWaterAI’s proposal, subject to the validator’s acceptance.

Inventory

Sponsor the 2026 records on the rows marked now. Eligible blocks may carry a measured number in a later season and a validated number after that, if each gate is met. This page stays at region level; the blocks behind each row are shown under NDA.

From our own records as of October 7, 2026, rounded to the nearest 10 acres. Citrus volumes come from pump run-time records and the block application rate, not a flow meter; Madera 2026 records use the GSA’s own satellite ETAW; the farm’s meter records are kept alongside for comparison and are not presented as the GSA’s record. Blocks in a probationary basin are left out. Block identities and the evidence behind each row are shared under NDA with the grower’s authorization.

About 4,000 contracted acres across the company today. A further 8,000 acres are committed, subject to execution.

What you get

A record you can report on.

• A volumetric benefit record aligned to VWBA 2.0Acre-feet per project, with the baseline and method behind them. The project developer and technical team will propose the appropriate VWBA 2.0 indicator and calculation method based on local hydrology and GSA accounting. Any independent assurance provider will assess the finalized method and evidence under its applicable criteria.
• Tamper-evident project recordsProbe reading summaries are signed today: each batch is hashed and commits to the previous one, so a later change shows, from the point of signing forward. Well-meter record signing is planned for project deployment and will be described as live after it is. AgWaterAI’s record-signing method is patent-pending.
• Plant-water-status evidencePressure chamber readings document tree water status and support agronomic interpretation of the monitored irrigation protocol. They do not quantify or validate groundwater withdrawal.
• Third-party validationAn independent third party reviews the record and AgWaterAI’s volume calculation before any validated volume is reported.
• Annual reportingA report each year per project: baseline, reduced withdrawal, GSA reconciliation including transfers and carryover, and validation.

Tamper-evident signing preserves the integrity of an attested record from signing forward. It does not by itself establish measurement accuracy, baseline eligibility, additionality, regulatory acceptance, a reduction in water use or a volumetric water benefit. Those questions depend on the underlying instruments, the project method, GSA records and any applicable independent assurance.

What you can say

One sentence per number.

Example language. A sponsor’s own counsel reviews any public claim before use.

How a pilot runs

From your indication to a signed record.

1. 1

   October to December 2026

   Sponsor indication and block selection. You tell us the tier, the basin and the acres; we propose blocks from the inventory above and share the evidence on file under NDA.

2. 2

   January 2027

   Baseline statements and meters. GSA account statements with the grower’s authorization, wellhead meters where a block has none, and the baseline fixed and recorded before the season starts.

3. 3

   2027 season

   Monitoring. Soil probes, pressure chamber readings and pump records through the season. The adviser makes every irrigation call.

4. 4

   Season end

   Signed unit records. One record per block and season, labelled with its number, hash-linked and signed, with a public lookup.

5. 5

   In parallel

   The independent check for the validated tier. An independent readiness assessment is planned and no assessor has been appointed. The validator is named on the record when the review is complete.

What sponsors screen for

Our answers, in our words.

Credible implementer

Our field team will install and service each project site. AgWaterAI grew out of a second-generation crop-advising practice that has worked Central Valley orchards since 1984.

Additionality

Our proposed baseline will use admissible site-specific historical pumping evidence where coverage and flow documentation are adequate. Blocks without a defensible historical volume may require a prospective measured baseline. Weather adjustment, the treatment of the GSA allocation and the final baseline cutoff remain subject to technical and assurance review. Reduced withdrawal below an accepted baseline may qualify if the indicator, eligibility, attribution and GSA accounting requirements are met; pumping cuts the GSA already requires never count.

Pump-side monitoring

Project-period groundwater withdrawal will be directly metered where qualifying wellhead meters are in place; any calculated or estimated values will be labelled by source. Pressure chamber readings document plant water status and agronomic response; they do not measure pumped volume. Results are reported as reduced withdrawal; we do not claim a reduction in crop water use.

Time to benefit

Where historical pumping records support an admissible baseline, the benefit can be counted from the monitored season after install, once validated. Otherwise a prospective measured baseline period is needed before the benefit is counted.

Benefit duration

The benefit period is written into the grower and sponsor agreements. For each sponsor-used recorded reduction, the grower agrees in writing not to sell or transfer the water behind that reduction or the allocation behind it, and not to use it to irrigate newly planted acreage, during the agreed claim period.

Cost per volume

Quoted per acre-foot of validated reduced withdrawal, project by project, with the sensors, install and monitoring that produce it.

Independent validation

An independent third party reviews AgWaterAI’s volume calculation, following the VWBA 2.0 accounting guidance, before any volume is reported as validated.

Annual reporting

One report per project each year, with the source-labelled records behind it.