Groundwater program for water sponsors
Project inventory
Candidate acres for review.
Candidate acres for reviewThese are the acres where a project could start. Each row gives its status and the records behind it.
| Where | Crop | Acres | Status | Record basis and status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaweah and Kings subbasins | Citrus | About 570 | Candidate acres; records available for review now. | A full 2026 season of pump run-time with the block application rate on file; about 400 of these acres have three or more full seasons |
| Madera County | Pistachio and mandarin citrus | About 620 | Candidate acres; the GSA’s 2026 calendar-year figure is final in January 2027. | The GSA’s own satellite ETAW for the 2026 calendar year |
| Kaweah and Kings subbasins | Citrus | About 130 | Not yet for 2026; an earlier season can carry the benchmark number on the same run-time basis, as each record states. | An earlier full season, gaps in the 2026 season, or a pump channel still to confirm |
| Madera County | Pistachio and mandarin citrus | About 1,500 | Not yet. | The GSA’s satellite ETAW per field, to be obtained with the grower’s authorization before anything is computed |
Each record states its source and labels its water figure measured or estimated. For the 2026 citrus records, the figure is estimated applied water, calculated from logged pump run-time and the block application rate (not a flow meter reading), 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, a GSA-reported estimate, compared with a DWR county ETAW estimate on the same consumptive-use basis. Your GSA’s number is the official one. Meter readings may be shown separately for comparison, each labelled measured or estimated.
From our own records as of October 7, 2026, rounded to the nearest 10 acres. 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.
How each record would be made is on the method page.