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
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s hydrologic region, the Imperial Valley is 957,774 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 164,037 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 29.98. Imperial Valley is a(n) basin with approximately 71 wells, of which approximately 8 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 0 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – very low.
2018: Draft basin priority – very low. Comments:
- 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR
- 2) No available documentation on groundwater level decline past or present in the basin.
2018 final basin prioritization: basin remain at very low priority.
