San Joaquin Valley – White Wolf
Statistics
- Basin Name
- San Joaquin Valley – White Wolf
- Basin Number
- 5-022.18
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Tulare Lake
- Counties
- Kern
- Adjacent Basins
Basin Notes
2016: Bulletin 118 Update 2016: A new subbasin, “White Wolf” (5-022.18), was created from a portion of the original Kern County subbasin. The White Wolf subbasin is not subject to critical conditions of overdraft Basin boundary description
2018: Draft basin priority – medium. Groundwater decline comment: 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR 2) This is a new subbasin that was once part of Kern County subbasin. Kern County was considered in Critical Overdraft. Review of technical information is not conclusive to consider this subbasin as having long term declining GW levels. One well 1N19W24H001S does show significant decline, but the drought might have played a significant role in the decrease. This well and any other available similar wells in the area will need monitoring to determine if recovery is possible. If not, then the designation should be adjusted accordingly. Source: White Wolf Subbasin Technical Report, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District, Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, Tejon-Castac Water District, March 2016
2018: Final Basin Prioritization: downgraded to Medium
2022: January 28 — Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted to California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
2023: October 26 — DWR approved GSP
At-A-Glance
California Water Library Documents About This Basin
Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley: 2024 Update
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | June 6th, 2024
Strategies to replenish groundwater basins—long used in some areas of the San Joaquin Valley—have increasingly come into focus as the region seeks to bring its overd
Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the San Joaquin Valley – White Wolf Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 26th, 2023
Modeling the dynamic penetration depth of post-1950s water in unconfined aquifers using environmental tracers: Central Valley, California
Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier) | December 5th, 2022
The penetration depth of post-1950s recharge (D-1950) in aquifers is a marker that is frequently used to identify groundwater that is susceptible to anthropogenic contami
Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the White Wolf Basin
White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency | December 15th, 2021
White Wolf Subbasin Technical Report
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District | March 16th, 2016
The purpose of the White Wolf Subbasin Technical Study (Study) is to support the basin boundary modification request (Request) being jointly submitted to DWR by Wheeler-R