Pleasant Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Pleasant Valley
- Basin Number
- 4-006
- SGMA Basin Priority
- High
- Critically Overdrafted
- Yes
- Hydrologic Region Name
- South Coast
- Counties
- Ventura
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization: High.
2016: Basin boundary modification granted with Las Posas (4-008) and Oxnard (4-004.02) subbasins.
Revised basin boundary description
2018: Basin prioritization: high.
2020: Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency submitted a Groundwater Sustainability Plan to the Department of Water Resources (DWR).
2021: GSP approved by DWR
At-A-Glance

California Water Library Documents About This Basin
Drought, water management, and agricultural livelihoods: Understanding human-ecological system management and livelihood strategies of farmer’s in rural California
Elsevier | July 11th, 2024
LandFlex Program’s Guidelines
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 8th, 2022
LandFlex is a program that will provide $25 million in block grants to local government agencies to grant to farmers who limit agricultural water use. Local government ag
Modern groundwater reaches deeper depths in heavily pumped aquifer systems
Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | September 7th, 2022
Deep groundwater is an important source of drinking water, and can be preferable to shallower groundwaters where they are polluted by surface-borne contaminants. Surface-
Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the Pleasant Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | November 18th, 2021
Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Pleasant Valley Basin
Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency (FCGMA) | December 13th, 2019
The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency (FCGMA, or the Agency) has developed this Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Pleasant Valley Basin (PVB; DWR Basi
Annual Investigation and Report of Groundwater Conditions within United Water Conservation District
United Water Conservation District (UWCD) | March 8th, 2016
The Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California: 21. Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling of the Calleguas Creek Watershed
University of Southern California (USC) | November 2nd, 2009
The hydrology and water quality simulation presented in this report is a part of the Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California project. The primary
Simulation of Ground-Water/Surface-Water Flow in the Santa Clara–Calleguas Ground-Water Basin, Ventura County, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 15th, 2003
Ground-water is the main source of water in the Santa Clara–Calleguas ground-water basin that covers about 310 square miles in Ventura County, California. A steady incr
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