Cuyama Valley

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Cuyama Valley
  • Basin Number
  • 3-013
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • High
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • Yes
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • Central Coast
  • Counties
  • Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
  • Adjacent Basins

Basin Notes

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2018: Final Basin Prioritization: High

2020: Cuyama Basin GSA filed  GSP with Department of Water Resources (DWR)

2022: January 21 – GSP determined to be incomplete by DWR

July 18 – New Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)  submitted to DWR

2023: May 25 – GSP approved by DWR

Cuyama Valley Study Page, California Water Water Science Center, USGS

At-A-Glance

Source: CA DWR
Source: CA DWR

California Water Library Documents About This Basin

Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the Cuyama Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | May 25th, 2023

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Cuyama Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Revised)

Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (CBGSA) | July 6th, 2022

The CBGSA is a joint-powers agency that is comprised of Kern, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties, the Cuyama Community Services District and the Cuyama B

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Statement of Findings regarding the Determination of Incomplete Status of the Cuyama Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | January 21st, 2022

The Department of Water Resources (Department) is required to evaluate whether a submitted groundwater sustainability plan (GSP or Plan) conforms to specific requirements

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Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (CBGSA) | December 4th, 2019

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Cuyama Valley, California Hydrologic Study: An Assessment of Water Availability

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | May 29th, 2015

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Hydrologic Models and Analysis of Water Availability in Cuyama Valley, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | May 14th, 2015

Changes in population, agricultural development practices (including shifts to more water-intensive crops), and climate variability are placing increasingly larger demand

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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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Geology, Water-Quality, Hydrology, and Geomechanics of the Cuyama Valley Groundwater Basin, California, 2008–12

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 11th, 2013

To assess the water resources of the Cuyama Valley groundwater basin in Santa Barbara County, California, a series of cooperative studies were undertaken by the U.S. Geol

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Water Supply Conditions in Southern California during 1958-1959, Volume II, Water Level Data, Central Coastal and Los Angeles Regions

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | May 1st, 1961

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Bulletin No. 39-58, Water Supply Conditions in Southern California during 1957-1958, Volume II, Precipitation and Water Level Data, Central Coastal and Los Angeles Regions

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | August 1st, 1960

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Bulletin No. 39-57, Water Supply Conditions in Southern California during 1956-1957, Volume II, Precipitation and Water Level Data Central Coastal and Los Angeles Regions

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | June 16th, 1958

Bulletin No. 39-57 Volume I Bulletin No. 39-57 Volume III Bulletin No. 39-57 Volume IV

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GSA Information