Tehachapi Valley East

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Tehachapi Valley East
  • Basin Number
  • 6-045
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Very Low
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • South Lahontan
  • Counties
  • Kern
  • Adjacent Basins

Basin Notes

1971:  Basin half adjudicated. Watermaster reports

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description 

2014: CASGEM prioritization – very low. Comment – Court adjudicated basin. Groundwater quality issues

2018: Draft basin prioritization – very low. 

  • 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR
  • 2) TCCWD Water Master Report 2014 show gwls stable or increasing. No evidence of declining GWL or overdraft.

Final Basin Prioritization: Very Low.

At-A-Glance

Source: CA DWR