Groundwater Sustainability Plan
3-004.05 UPPER VALLEY AQUIFER
Base Information
Piret Harmon (Salinas Valley Basin GSA)
1441 Schilling Place
650-868-0209
harmonp@svbgsa.org
1441 Schilling Place
650-868-0209
harmonp@svbgsa.org
Notice Date: 09/08/2021
Monterey County 90 day notice.pdf (59.3kB)
King City 90 day notice 1-11-22.pdf (59.1kB)
King City 90 day notice.pdf (59kB)
Two notices of the planned adoption were provided to Monterey County and King City: first on 9/8/2021, and then an updated one on 1/11/2022.
Monterey County 90 day notice 1-11-22.pdf (59.4kB)
Monterey County 90 day notice.pdf (59.3kB)
King City 90 day notice 1-11-22.pdf (59.1kB)
King City 90 day notice.pdf (59kB)
Public Hearing Date: 01/13/2022
Publice Hearing Notice 12-9.pdf (128.4kB)
There are two notices of the public hearing: for the original intended GSP adoption at the 12/9/2021 meeting, and then for the meeting the GSP was ultimately adopted at on 1/13/2022.
Public Hearing Notice 1-13_9483_LEGAL.pdf (32.3kB)Publice Hearing Notice 12-9.pdf (128.4kB)
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (183MB)
Elements of the Plan
| File Name | GSP Regulation Element(s) | Uploaded Date & Time |
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| Title | Publication Name | Publish Date | Author(s) | File Name or URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values | Technical Report | 2020-01-01 | American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers, California Chapter (ASFMRA) | |
| Streamflow depletion by wells -- Understanding and managing the effects of groundwater pumping on streamflow | USGS Circular | 2012-11-01 | Barlow, P.M., and S.A. Leake | |
| Water Capital Facilities Plan Volume 1 Report | Technical Report | 1991-07-01 | Boyle Engineering Corporation | |
| State of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin - Hydrology Report | Technical Report | 2015-01-26 | Brown and Caldwell | |
| BLM National Surface management Agency Area Polygons | National Geospatial Data Asset | 2020-04-16 | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Monterey-Salinas Shallow Aquifer Study Unit, 2012–13: California GAMA Priority Basin Project | USGS Scientific Investigations Report | 2018-09-01 | Burton, Carmen A., and Michael T. Wright | |
| Arundo donax: Distribution and Impacts | Technical Report | 2011-03-01 | Cal-IPC | |
| 2015 Urban Water Mangement Plan, Salinas District | Management Plan | 2016-06-01 | California Water Service | |
| Soil Survey of the Salinas Area, California | USDA, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils | 1925-01-01 | Carpenter, E.J., and S. Cosby | |
| Northern Counties Groundwater Characterization: Salinas Valley, Pajaro Valley and Gilroy-Hollister Valley | Technical Report | 2015-06-01 | Central Coast Groundwater Coalition | |
| Groundwater Quality Conditions and Agricultural Discharges in the Central Coast Region | Technical Report | 2018-05-11 | Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coast Basin | Management Plan | 2019-06-01 | Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| Proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands | Regulations | 2021-05-11 | Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| Envirostar Website | Website | 2020-01-01 | Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) | |
| California’s Ground Water | Bulletin | 2003-10-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program (GAMA) Groundwater Information System Website | Website | 2020-01-01 | State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | |
| A Guide to Wildlands Conservation in the Central Coast Region of California | Technical Report | 2002-07-01 | Thorne, J., D. Cameron, and V. Jigour | |
| Report on Castroville Irrigation Project Deep Test Hole and Freshwater Bearing Strata Below the Pressure 400-Foot Aquifer, Salians Valley, California | Technical Report | 1976-04-20 | Thorup, R.R. | |
| Water System Service Areas | Website | 2020-01-01 | Tracking California | |
| TIGER/Line Geodatabases | Dataset | 2013-01-01 | U.S. Census Bureau | |
| National Soil Survey Handbook | Guidance Document | 2019-09-30 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| Critical Habitat: What is it? | Guidance Document | 2017-01-01 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | |
| Ground water and surface water: A single resource | USGS Circular | 1999-01-01 | Winter, T.C., Harvey, J.W., Franke, O.L., and Alley, W.M. | |
| Deep Aquifer Investigation – Hydrogeologic Data Inventory, Review, Interpretation and Implications | Technical Report | 2003-03-31 | WRIME, Inc. | |
| Simulated Effects of Ground-Water Management Alternatives for the Salinas Valley, California | USGS Water Resource Investigations | 1988-01-01 | Yates, Eugene B. | |
| Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, 180/400-Foot Aquifer Subbasin | Bulletin | 2004-02-27 | Department of Water Resources | |
| California’s Ground Water | Bulletin | 2016-12-22 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Monitoring Networks and Identification of Data Gaps Best Management Practices | Guidance Document | 2016-12-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Sustainable Management Criteria Best Management Practices | Guidance Document | 2017-11-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Guidance for Climate Change Data During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development | Guidance Document | 2018-07-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Email sent by Benjamin Brezing (DWR). Subject: Error bounds on subsidence raster | 2019-05-30 | Department of Water Resources | ||
| Well Completion Report Map Application | Dataset | 2020-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Natural Communities Commonly Associated with Groundwater (NCCAG) | Dataset | 2020-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| SGMA Data Viewer Map Application | Dataset | 2020-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Handbook for Water Budget Development | Guidance Document | 2020-02-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Household Water Supply Shortage Reporting System web form | Website | 2021-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Digital simulation of the effects of urbanization on runoff in the upper Santa Ana Valley, California | USGS Water Resource Investigations | 1974-02-01 | Durbin, Timothy J. | |
| Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Digital Flow Models of the Salinas Valley Ground-Water Basin, California | USGS Water Resource Investigations | 1978-11-01 | Durbin, Timothy J., G.W. Kapple and J.R. Freckleton | |
| Pancho Rico Formation, Salinas Valley, CA | USGS Professional Paper | 1965-01-01 | Durham, D.L., and W.O. Addicott | |
| Addressing Regional Surface Water Depletions in California, A Proposed Approach for Compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | Guidance Document | 2018-01-01 | Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) | |
| Forebay Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan Implementation Agreement between the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency and the Arroyo Seco Groundwater Sustainability Agency | Regulations | 2021-04-22 | Forebay Implementation Agreement (SVBGSA & ASGSA) | |
| Final Report - Paso Robles Groundwater Basin Study Phase II, Numerical Model Development, Calibration, and Application | Technical Report | 2005-02-01 | Fugro West, Inc. | |
| Greater Monterey County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan | Management Plan | 2018-09-01 | Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) | |
| Geology of the Monterey Bay Region | Open File Report | 1977-01-01 | Greene, H.G. | |
| 2018 Regulatory Fee Study | Technical Report | 2019-02-04 | Hansford Economic Consulting | |
| Design of ground-water level observation-well programs | Groundwater | 1976-03-01 | Heath, R.C. | |
| Rotational Cover Crop Plan Economic Analysis: Private Costs and Public Benefits of Cover Crop Fallowing in the Pajaro Valley and Potential Incentive Structures | Technical Report | 2017-06-01 | Highland Economics | |
| A Field Manual for Groundwater-level Monitoring at the Texas Water Development Board | Guidance Document | 2016-01-01 | Hopkins, J., and B. Anderson | |
| Distribution of Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations, Salinas Valley, California | Technical Report | 2014-04-30 | HydroFocus, Inc. | |
| Geologic map of California | Map | 2010-01-01 | Jennings, C.W., with modifications by C. Gutierrez, W. Bryant, G. Saucedo, and C. Wills | |
| Hydrostratigraphic Analysis of the Northern Salinas Valley | Technical Report | 2004-05-14 | Kennedy-Jenks | |
| Ground-Water Quality Data in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, California, 2005 - Results from the California GAMA Program | USGS Scientific Investigations Report | 2005-01-01 | Kulongoski, Justin T., and Kenneth Belitz | |
| Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration from Arundo donax in the Salinas River Channel | Technical Report | 2021-03-31 | Melton, F., and M. Hang | |
| Soil moisture monitoring for climate research: Evaluation of a low-cost sensor in the framework of the Swiss Soil Moisture Experiment (SwissSMEX) campaign | Technical Report | 2011-03-09 | Mittelbach, H., F. Casini, I. Lehner, A. Teuling, and S. Seneviratne | |
| 2018 Monterey County Crop Report | Technical Report | 2018-01-01 | Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner | |
| Monterey County General Plan, Chapter 5 | Management Plan | 2010-10-26 | Monterey County Housing and Community Development | |
| Monterey County Groundwater Management Plan | Management Plan | 2006-05-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| CASGEM Monitoring Plan for High and Medium Priority Basins in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin | Management Plan | 2015-03-10 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Salinas River Stream Maintenance Program Permit Application Supplemental Attachement | Application | 2016-01-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Email sent by Tamara Voss (MCWRA). Subject: Data request from MCWRA - GWL Change and Website Link for Extraction Reports | 2018-08-09 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | ||
| Nacimiento Dam Operation Policy | Management Plan | 2018-02-20 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Salinas River Long-Term Management Plan | Management Plan | 2019-02-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| 2018 Groundwater Extraction Summary Report | Technical Report | 2019-09-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Interlake Tunnel Progress Report | Presentation | 2020-05-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| A Guide to Water Quality Requirements Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | Guidance Document | 2019-04-01 | Moran, Tara, and Alletta Belin | |
| Soil suitability index identifies potential areas for groundwater banking on agricultural lands | California Agriculture | 2015-04-01 | O’Geen, A.T., M.B.B. Saal, H. Dahlke, D. Doll, R. Elkins, A. Fulton, G. Fogg, T. Harter, J.W. Hopmans, C. Ingels, F. .Niederholzer, S. Sandovol Solis, P. Verdegaal and M. Walkinshaw | |
| Pajaro Valley Covered Fallow Plan | Management Plan | 2018-02-01 | Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County (RCDSCC) | |
| Erosion Control Treatment Selection Guide | Guidance Document | 2006-12-01 | Rivas, T. | |
| Digital Geologic Map of Monterey County, California, 1934-2001 | Map | 2001-01-01 | Rosenberg, Lewis I. | |
| Groundwater observation network design for the Kansas groundwater management districts, USA | Journal of Hydrology | 1983-01-01 | Sophocleous, M. | |
| GeoTracker Website | Website | 2020-01-01 | State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) |
