The Indian Wells Valley Water District and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority exchanged their respective groundwater flow model files on April 21, 2025 pursuant to the Court’s Order.  Notices of the disclosures from the District and GA can be viewed or downloaded below.

Discovery in this adjudication, including disclosure of the model files, is subject to the Protective Order signed by the Court on October 2, 2024.  (The Protective Order can be viewed or downloaded below.)  Accordingly, the model files that were produced are only available to parties to the adjudication, their attorneys, and/or their consultants.  Such persons seeking to receive the model files are subject to the Protective Order and must sign an acknowledgment (Exhibit A to the Protective Order) that they will comply with and be bound by the Protective Order.

Given that the model files require certain software or computer programs to run, the model report will almost certainly be more informative to the layperson.  The parties are due to exchange reports on August 12, 2025 pursuant to the Court’s Order.

The deadline for exchange of initial disclosures pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 842 is May 17, 2024 for parties who appeared in the case on or before March 22, 2024.  For any party appearing in the case after March 22, 2024, that party’s deadline to exchange initial disclosures is within 60 days from that party’s appearance in the case (i.e., filing the form answer).  Parties may use the Form for Voluntary Use – Initial Disclosures available at the link below.

Indian Wells Valley Water District’s Counsel

James A. Worth, Esq.                                          
McMurtrey, Hartsock, Worth & St. Lawrence
2001 22nd Street, Suite 100
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Tel. (714) 277-1750
jim@mhwslegal.com

Douglas J. Evertz, Esq.   
Murphy & Evertz LLP
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 550
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel. (714) 277-1750
iwvgb@murphyevertz.com