2023-2024 Groundwater Useage Fee

  Omochumne-Hartnell Water District is the local agency charged with implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) within its boundaries. Those responsibilities include the preparation and implementation of groundwater sustainability plans for the underlying basin, groundwater monitoring, and tasks associated with carrying out this state-mandated regulatory effort in the basin. 

In 2021, after appropriate notice and hearing, the District adopted a Groundwater Sustainability Fee of $10.00 per irrigated acre to fund these efforts. The charge was collected on the Sacramento County Property Tax rolls from 2021-2023 (refer to your prior tax bills for the line item entitled “Omochumne Hartnell Water District Groundwater Usage Acreage Fee”). 

For the 2023-2024 tax year, this charge will be billed directly to landowners from OHWD, in lieu of collection by the County. 

Online payment is no longer available.  If you have questions please call OHWD at 916-682-5958.