Salinas Valley – Upper Valley Aquifer
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Salinas Valley – Upper Valley Aquifer
- Basin Number
- 3-004.05
- SGMA Basin Priority
- High
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Status
- Subject to SGMA
- DWR Region & POC
South Central Regional Office
Benjamin Gooding
(559) 230-3359
Benjamin.Gooding@water.ca.gov- Number of Wells
- 371
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Central Coast Hydrologic Region
- Counties
- Monterey
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Central Coast hydrologic region, the Salinas Valley – Upper Valley Aquifer is 98,172 acres in size. This High priority basin is home to an estimated 15,862 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 29.28. Salinas Valley – Upper Valley Aquifer is a(n) basin with approximately 371 wells, of which approximately 22 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM Basin Prioritization: medium
2015: Monterey County Water Resources Agency SGMA timeline
2018: Draft priority: high. Comment – Declining groundwater levels. See State of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin, Monterey County Water Agency, January 16, 2015
Basin boundary request with Paso Robles Area subbasin 3-004.06 pending.
GSA Information
