Upper San Luis Rey Valley (formerly San Luis Rey Valley)

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Upper San Luis Rey Valley (formerly San Luis Rey Valley)
  • Basin Number
  • 9-007.01
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Medium
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • South Coast
  • Counties
  • San Diego
  • Adjacent Basins

Basin Notes

1988: San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description

2013: San Diego County Integrated Regional Water Plan – tribal nations

2017Fifty-year legal fight ends with five North County tribes getting their water back, San Diego Union Tribune

2018: Draft basin priority – Medium.

2019:  Assembly Bill No. 1944 Basin boundary modification: San Luis Rey Valley 9-007 split into two subbasins, Upper and Lower San Luis Rey valleys, 9007-01 and 02.

Upper San Luis Rey Valley priority: Medium

At-A-Glance

San Luis Rey Valley upper and lower basins. Source: Bulletin 118
San Luis Rey Valley upper and lower basins. Source: Bulletin 118 CA DWR

California Water Library Documents About This Basin

Statement of Findings regarding the Approval of the San Luis Rey Valley – Upper San Luis Rey Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | January 18th, 2024

The Department of Water Resources (Department) is required to evaluate whether a submitted groundwater sustainability plan (GSP or Plan) conforms to specific requirements

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Upper San Luis Rey Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plan

Pauma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency | January 31st, 2022

The Upper San Luis Rey (USLR) Valley Groundwater Subbasin is a medium-priority basin. As a result, the Pauma Valley GSA was formed and consists of Yuima Municipal Water

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San Diego Basin Study

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | August 15th, 2017

The purpose of the San Diego Basin Study (Basin Study) is to determine potential climate change impacts on water supplies and demands within the San Diego region and to i

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GSA Information