A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly built recharge basin in Fresno is scheduled for Thursday, June 18, at 9 a.m. The Fresno Irrigation District completed construction of the Carter Bybee Groundwater Recharge Basin, a 35-acre basin that will sink an average of 840 acre-feet of water annually. The basin is in the North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). … The $6 million project was funded through the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) funds, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s drought program and the district’s land assessments. The basin is expected to aid the district and the GSA by increasing water supply and improving groundwater quality in the region as part of SGMA, which mandates local entities bring aquifers into balance by 2040.