Pixley Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Revised)
Pixley Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency | July 27th, 2022
The Tule Subbasin is designated by DWR as a critically overdrafted basin with an estimated
subbasin average overdraft of 115,300 acre-feet per year. The Agencies estimated annual
average overdraft within the Tule Subbasin is 70,000 acre-feet per year. The overdraft conditions
have caused issues for those reliant on groundwater pumping, which include municipal, domestic,
and agriculture users. Other issues generated from the overdraft include areas of land
subsidence, which predominantly occur in the northwestern portion of the Agency.
A sample of the Pixley GSP is displayed below. Due to size, this full 2,421-page document must be downloaded from the Department of Water Resources.
Keywords
Central Valley, Groundwater Exchange, groundwater pumping impacts, Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)