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
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
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
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
Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (CBGSA) | December 4th, 2019
Cuyama Valley, California Hydrologic Study: An Assessment of Water Availability
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | May 29th, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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