Eel River Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Eel River Valley
- Basin Number
- 1-010
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- North Coast
- Counties
- Humboldt
- Adjacent Basins
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2017: Per SGMA Prioritization Dashboard: Chloride concentrations in excess of the 250 milligrams per liter drinking-water recommendation are reported in water from wells near the Eel River as much as 4 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. Source: Groundwater aquifers of the United States Coastal Basin Aquifers 1995 (HA730-B).
2018: Basin Prioritization – Medium
2019: GSP alternative plan disapproved by DWR
2022: January 29 – Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR).
2023: October 26 – GSP approved by DWR
At-A-Glance
California Water Library Documents About This Basin
Eel River Restoration and Conservation Plan
California Trout | June 30th, 2024
This Eel River Restoration and Conservation Plan (Plan) will build on ... opportunities to guide substantial, collaborative, and long-term restoration and conservation ac
Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the Eel River Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 26th, 2023
Eel River Groundwater Sustainability Plan
Humboldt County Groundwater Sustainability Agency | January 29th, 2022
In 2015, Humboldt County received a planning grant from DWR for technical studies and planning which led to the submission in December 2016 of a Groundwater Sustainabili
Amplified Impact of Climate Change on Fine-Sediment Delivery to a Subsiding Coast, Humboldt Bay, California
Estuaries and Coasts (Springer) | May 28th, 2021
In Humboldt Bay, tectonic subsidence exacerbates sea-level rise (SLR). To build surface elevations and to keep pace with SLR, the sediment demand created by subsi
Drought water right curtailment analysis for California’s Eel river
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | February 1st, 2018
Water users in California’s hybrid water rights system have different legal priorities to available surface water in times of water scarcity. A set of two linear progra
Novel aquatic ecosystems: The new reality for streams in California and other Mediterranean climate regions
River Research and Applications (Wiley) | September 24th, 2013
Temporary streams in California and other Mediterranean climate areas are among the aquatic habitats most altered by human actions and by invasions by alien species. They
Ground-Water Conditions in the Eureka Area, Humboldt County, California, 1975
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | December 31st, 1978