Coachella Valley – Mission Creek
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Coachella Valley – Mission Creek
- Basin Number
- 7-021.02
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Colorado River
- Counties
- Riverside
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Colorado River hydrologic region, the Coachella Valley – Mission Creek is 48,572 acres in size. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 18,977 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 131.56. Coachella Valley – Mission Creek is a(n) basin with approximately 209 wells, of which approximately 21 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM prioritization – medium. Comments: Radiological and nitrate issues in the basin (B‐118). Mission Creek GW also supplies drinking water to Desert Hot Springs and part of Indio subbasins
2016: Submitted an alternative plan
2018: Draft priority – medium. Comment: The Coachella Valley (Mission Creek & Desert Hot Springs) groundwater basin is in overdraft; we currently pump out more from the aquifer than we percolate back in. Source: Coachella Valley Water District
Noted: Managed aquifer recharge program
2018 Final Basin Prioritization: Basin priority remains unchanged at medium priority.
