California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | April 15th, 2015
Summary
California’s Groundwater Update 2013 compiles and analyzes readily available groundwater information to characterize California’s groundwater basins, aquifers, and we
California’s Groundwater Update 2013 compiles and analyzes readily available groundwater information to characterize California’s groundwater basins, aquifers, and well infrastructure. It also presents data and analysis related to groundwater monitoring efforts, aquifer conditions in response to extraction, groundwater management practices, and conjunctive management programs. It expands and enhances baseline groundwater information on a regional scale, identifies challenges associated with sustainable groundwater management, and helps guide implementation of diverse resource management strategies. The set of data, information, and analysis developed can help local and regional groundwater managers, as well as individual well owners, better understand California’s hidden and commonly misunderstood resource.
This Bulletin has been uploaded in the following separate files reflecting hydrologic regions and appendices.
Chapter One / Introduction
Chapter Two / State-wide Update
Chapter Three / North Coast
Chapter Four / San Francisco Bay
Chapter Five / Central Coast
Chapter Six / South Coast
Chapter Seven / Sacramento River
Chapter Eight / San Joaquin River
Chapter Nine / Tulare Lake
Chapter Ten / North Lahontan
Chapter Eleven / South Lahontan
Chapter Twelve / Colorado River
Appendix A: Methods and Assumptions
Appendix B: CASGEM Basin Prioritization
Appendix C: Groundwater Use Data 2010-2015
Appendix D: Conjunctive Management Survey
Appendix E: Change in Groundwater in Storage
Appendix F: Subsidence