Imperial Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Imperial Valley
- Basin Number
- 7-030
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Colorado River
- Counties
- Imperial
- Adjacent Basins
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2018: Final basin prioritization: Very Low.
At-A-Glance
California Water Library Documents About This Basin
Salton Sea Exceedances of California’s Air-Quality Standards Highlight Governance Gaps and Monitoring Needs
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | September 4th, 2025
The Salton Sea region is known for its poor air-quality, which is often linked to dust and contributes to alarmingly high rates of respiratory problems among residents. H
Inadequate Government-Led Water-Quality Monitoring Hinders Improvement Efforts in the Salton Sea
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | September 4th, 2025
California’s largest inland body of water, the Salton Sea, has faced severe environmental degradation, leaving lasting impacts on surrounding desert communities. Situat
Breathing Hazard: Air Pollution in the Salton Sea Region
Pacific Institute | August 14th, 2025
The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, has shrunk by more than 70 square miles (19%) in the past 30 years. Colorado River water irrigates more than half a million a
Southeast California Regional Basin Study
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | September 1st, 2015
The United States Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Basin Study Program is a 21st Century approach to help
Groundwater Availability within the Salton Sea Basin
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) | January 29th, 2008
Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa geothermal field, California, observed using SAR interferometry
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | April 15th, 1997
Interferometric combination of pairs of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired by the ERS-1 satellite maps the deformation field associated with the activity o