Ventura River Valley – Upper Ventura River
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Ventura River Valley – Upper Ventura River
- Basin Number
- 4-003.01
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- South Coast
- Counties
- Ventura
- Adjacent Basins
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s South Coast hydrologic region, the Ventura River Valley – Upper Ventura River subbasin is 5,278 acres. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 10,307 people (2010 value). It has approximately 55 wells, of which approximately 17 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 41.86 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM Basin Prioritization: Medium
2016: Basin boundary modification approved
Revised basin boundary description
2018: Basin prioritization – medium. Comment: Key well hyhdrograph from groundwater budget management plan shows stable groundwater levels. Source: Groundwater Budget and Approach to a groundwater Management Plan Upper and Lower Ventura River Basin, Ventura County Watershed Protection District, 12/30/2010 To Consolidate or Coordinate: Status of the Formation of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies in California, Stanford University / Water in the West / Stanford Law School Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution case study, November 2016
2018: Final Basin Prioritization: Unchanged at Medium.
2022: January 24 – GSP submitted to DWR
2023: April 27 – DWR approved GSP