​The Kaweah River Basin Integrated Regional Water Management (KIRWM) group, established in 2007, is a collaborative effort to manage all aspects of water resources in the Kaweah River Basin Region. There are many agencies and stakeholders involved in the IRWM, including the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, County of Tulare, Exeter Irrigation District, Lakeside Irrigation District, Tulare Irrigation District and the cities of Visalia, Tulare, and Lindsay. The Kaweah IRWM group meets monthly to evaluate how the water in the region can best be managed as well as discuss future projects for grant applications. Projects must conform to the group’s objectives, which include groundwater management, water supply, water quality, flood control, and ecosystem restoration.

The Kaweah IRWM group is in the process of updating their Integrated Regional Water Management Plan per the Department of Water Resources guidelines and look to have an approved plan in place within the next two years. While this Plan is still being written, this IRWM group has submitted an application for partial funding from a Prop 84 Planning Grant which would allow for each of the eight signatory participants as well as the non-signatory participants in the IRWM group to continue the monthly meetings that are currently in place.