Salinas Valley – Forebay Aquifer
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Salinas Valley – Forebay Aquifer
- Basin Number
- 3-004.04
- SGMA Basin Priority
- High
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Central Coast Hydrologic Region
- Counties
- Monterey
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Central Coast hydrologic region, the Salinas Valley – Forebay Aquifer is 94,052 acres in size. This High priority basin is home to an estimated 43,867 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 42.94. Salinas Valley – Forebay Aquifer is a(n) basin with approximately 568 wells, of which approximately 36 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: Basin priority “medium.”
2015: Monterey County Water Resources Agency SGMA timeline/links
2018: Basin priority high. Prioritization comment: 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: Longterm hydrographs show groundwater level decline. Source: DWR See State of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin, Monterey County Water Resources Agency, January 16, 2015:
2018 Final Basin Prioritization: Basin status is unchanged at medium priority.
