Salinas Valley – Forebay Aquifer

Statistics

Basin Name

Basin Number

3-004.04

SGMA Basin Priority

High

Critically Overdrafted

Status

Subject to SGMA

DWR Region & POC

South Central Regional Office
Benjamin Gooding
(559) 230-3359
Benjamin.Gooding@water.ca.gov

Number of Wells

568

Hydrologic Region Name

Central Coast Hydrologic Region

Counties

Monterey

Adjacent Basins

Salinas Valley Upper Valley Aquifer 3-004.05, Salinas Valley East Side Aquiver 3-004.02, Salinas Valley 180/400 Foot Aquifer 3-004.01,

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.

Source: CA DWR

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.