Carmel Valley

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Carmel Valley
  • Basin Number
  • 3-007
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Medium
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • Central Coast
  • Counties
  • Monterey
  • Adjacent Basins
  • No items found

Basin Notes

2003

Bulletin 118 basin description

2018

Final Basin Prioritization: Status reduced from High Priority to Medium.

At-A-Glance

Source: CA DWR
Source: CA DWR

California Water Library Documents About This Basin

California's Groundwater Conditions: Semi-Annual Update May 2025

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | June 24th, 2025

This semi-annual report presents data received by DWR as of April 2025 and reflects the impacts of a few wet years after a drought period. However, it should be noted tha

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Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the Greater Monterey County Region

Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group | August 31st, 2018

Integrated regional water management (IRWM) is an approach to water resource management in California that is being strongly promoted by the State as a way to inc

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An Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Model for the Carmel River

California State University, Monterey Bay | April 30th, 2010

The Carmel River supplies fresh water to the residents of the Monterey Peninsula within the water district served by the California American Water company (Cal-Am). The S

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Seaside Groundwater Basin Phase 1 Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) | October 24th, 2005

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Analysis of the Carmel Valley Alluvial Ground-Water Basin, Monterey County, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | June 14th, 1984

A two-dimensional, finite-element, digital model was developed for the Carmel Valley alluvial ground-water basin using measured, computed, and estimated discharge

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Bulletin 118: California's Groundwater (1980)

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | January 1st, 1980

Ground water management is a major issue in California.  The Governor's Commission to Review California Water Rights Law, in its December 1978 report, recommends a new g

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GSA Information