Well Registration Program

In June 2022, the Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 9-2022 setting the annual fee of $0.29 per acre to fund the creation, implementation, and administration of a county-wide well registration program. The $0.29 per acre fee is solely for well registration and the necessary data management. Data collected through the well registration program will be used to support the development of a well size/use type based funding method to provide long-term funding for the Groundwater Sustainability Agency. The fee is in place for three years but for those that register their wells prior to April 10 there will be an exemption from future registration fees for the remaining years.

To qualify for exemption there are five minimum requirements:

• A) Well registration form must be submitted in person, by email through online registration or postmarked by April 10 in the given year; and

• B) Well registration form must have the APN or address of the property that has the well or does not have a well, legibly identified so that there is no possibility of confusion as to where the well is located or what parcel claimed to have no well; and

• C) Well registration form must have identified the well use as either residential, agricultural, or other; and

• D) Parcels with well use identified as agriculture must identify either well size and typical annual volume, or current crop type and acreage used for each crop identified; and

• E) Parcels with well use identified as other/combination must include a detailed description of what exactly the other/combination activity is.

The information collected by filling out the survey is confidential and private, will be used only for the purposes of sustainable groundwater management, will improve information on groundwater in our region, and will not be disclosed unless required by law.

Please complete all four sections. For most people, this survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete. All required information is noted with an asterisk. Please complete as much of the form as you can, to the best of your knowledge.

Click on the button below to complete the online registration form:  

For additional information, visit: https://tehamacountywater.org/gsa/. For assistance with completing this form call GSA staff at
530-690-0700, email tehamagsa@tcpw.ca.gov, or visit our office at 1509 Schwab Street, Red Bluff, CA.

An in-person public workshop was held Wednesday, February 8, 2023  at the Red Bluff Community Center.

February 8, 2023 Well Registration Workshop Agenda

February 8, 2023 Well Registration Workshop Presentation Slides