Sacramento Valley – Sutter
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Sacramento Valley – Sutter
- Basin Number
- 5-021.62
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Sacramento River
- Counties
- Sutter
- Adjacent Basins
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – medium
2018: Basin priority – high. 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: Stable hydrographs – DWR. Priority set to high because of water exports. Per 2018 draft basin prioritization: Groundwater-related transfer “Type A” in which local groundwater is pumped to compensate for diversion of surface water. Basin boundary modification request pending with North American 5-021.64 and East Butte 5-021.59 subbasins to conform to county line Butte County basin boundary/consolidation request for Sutter and the Wyandotte Creek 5-021.69, Corning 5-021.51, Colusa 5-021.52, Vina 5-021.57, West Butte 5-021.58, East Butte 5-021.59, Sutter 5-021.62 subbasins pending Sutter County General Plan
2019: Basin boundary modification approved. Per DWR: The basin boundary modification revises and extends the northern boundary of the Sutter subbasin north to match the Sutter County line, except where the Biggs-West Gridley Water District jurisdictional boundary lies within Sutter County. The eastern boundary of the East Butte subbasin, the eastern boundary of the Sutter subbasin, and the northern boundary of the North American subbasin are revised to align with the shared Sutter and Yuba County line, except where the Yuba County Water Agency lies within Sutter County. The western boundary of the Sutter and East Butte subbasins are revised to follow the Sutter and Colusa County line, except where Reclamation District 1004 lies within Sutter County. This modification correlates with another request submitted by Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation to create the Butte subbasin. Basin revised from high priority to phase 2 draft priority of medium.
2022: January 28 – Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR)
2023: October 26 – DWR approves GSP
At-A-Glance
California Water Library Documents About This Basin
Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the eastern Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | November 1st, 2024
More than 2 million Californians rely on groundwater from privately owned domestic wells for drinking-water supply. This report summarizes a water-quality survey of domes
Groundwater sustainability and land subsidence in California’s Central Valley
Water (MDPI) | April 22nd, 2024
The Central Valley of California is one of the most prolific agricultural regions in the world. Agriculture is reliant on the conjunctive use of surface-water and groundw
Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the Sutter Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 26th, 2023
Thousands of domestic and public supply wells face failure despite groundwater sustainability reform in California’s Central Valley
Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | September 8th, 2023
Subsurface water flux in California's Central Valley and its source watershed from space geodesy
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | September 29th, 2022
We combine measurements from Global Positioning System positioning and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment gravity to infer change in water components in Central Vall
Sutter Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
Sutter County | January 28th, 2022
With a 20-year implementation period and a 50-year planning horizon, the Sutter Subbasin GSP is considered to be a “living” document. The Sutter Subbasin Groundwater
Critical Aquifer Overdraft Accelerates Degradation of Groundwater Quality in California's Central Valley During Drought
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | September 1st, 2021
It has been established that wells are at risk to run dry when groundwater levels decline during drought, but associated impacts to water quality are poorly understood.
Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills Domestic-Supply Aquifer Study Units, 2015–17: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | May 25th, 2021
Domestic well vulnerability to drought duration and unsustainable groundwater management in California's Central Valley
Environmental Research Letters (IOP) | March 18th, 2020
Millions of Californians access drinking water via domestic wells, which are vulnerable to drought and unsustainable groundwater management. Groundwater overdraft and th
Effects of Surface-Water Use on Domestic Groundwater Availability and Quality During Drought in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | January 13th, 2020
Approximately 2 million California residents rely on privately owned domestic wells for drinking water. During the California drought of 2012−16 groundwater lev
A hybrid machine learning model to predict and visualize nitrate concentration throughout the Central Valley aquifer, California, USA
Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) | June 9th, 2017
Intense demand for water in the Central Valley of California and related increases in groundwater nitrate concentration threaten the sustainability of the groundwater res
Sutter County Groundwater Management Plan
Sutter County | March 19th, 2012
Sutter County intends this GMP to be relevant for the entire County. Sutter County overlies the south central part of the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin, and specif
Ground-Water Quality Data in the Middle Sacramento Valley Study Unit, 2006—Results from the California GAMA Program
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 15th, 2008
Ground-water quality in the approximately 3,340 mi2 Middle Sacramento Valley study unit (MSACV) was investigated from June through September, 2006, as part of the Califor
Late Cenozoic Tectonism of the Sacramento Valley, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 15th, 1987
Geochemistry of Ground Water in the Sacramento Valley, California
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | July 13th, 1984
A geochemical investigation was done to evaluate temporal changes in water quality and to determine the processes that control water chemistry in shallow ground water of
Hydrogeology of the Sutter Basin, Sacramento Valley, California
University of Arizona | March 23rd, 1971
A mound of saline water exists in continental sediments between two fresh water rivers in the Sutter Basin of the Sacramento Valley, California. This saline water has mov