Gilroy-Hollister Valley – North San Benito

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Gilroy-Hollister Valley – North San Benito
  • Basin Number
  • 3-003.05
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Medium
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • Central Coast
  • Counties
  • San Benito, Santa Clara

Basin Notes

1972: Ground-water Hydrology of the Hollister and San Juan Valleys, San Benito County, California, 1913-68, U.S. Geological Survey, 1972

2004: Bulletin 118 basin description

2019: Formed by boundary modification consolidation of Bolsa Area, Hollister Area, and San Juan Bautista Area subbasins of Gilroy-Hollister Valley basin. 2020: San Benito Water District Annual Groundwater Report 

2022: January 12 – Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted to California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

2023: July 27 – DWR approved GSP

At-A-Glance

California Water Library Documents About This Basin

North San Benito Groundwater Sustainability Plan

San Benito County Water District Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SBCWD) | November 30th, 2021

The North San Benito Groundwater Basin (Basin) is the plan area for this Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), developed consistent with the Sustainable Groundwater Man

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Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the South Coast Interior Groundwater Basins, 2008: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | May 14th, 2014

Groundwater quality in the approximately 653-square-mile (1,691-square-kilometer) South Coast Interior Basins (SCI) study unit was investigated as part of the Priority Ba

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Ground-Water Hydrology of the Hollister and San Juan Valleys San Benito County, California, 1913-68

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | August 31st, 1972

The Hollister and San Juan Valleys are within the Gilroy-Hollister ground-water basin. That part of the ground-water basin underlying the valleys consists of three subbas

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GSA Information