GSP 2026 (2025 Amended Buena Vista WSD GSA GSP)
5-022.14 KERN COUNTY
Base Information
7 GSPs — Coordination Agreement Preview Page
Point of Contact: Kristin Pittack (kernsubbasinpoc@rinconconsultants.com)
Uploaded Coordination Agreement:
Appendix C-1_Kern County Subbasin Coordination Agreement.pdf (391kB)
Kristin Pittack (Rincon Consultants)
7080 N Whitney Avenue, Suite 101
California
Fresno, CA 93720
7602235062
kernsubbasinpoc@rinconconsultants.com
7080 N Whitney Avenue, Suite 101
California
Fresno, CA 93720
7602235062
kernsubbasinpoc@rinconconsultants.com
GSP 2026 (2025 Amended Buena Vista WSD GSA GSP) (297.2MB)
GSP 2026 (2025 Amended Buena Vista WSD GSA GSP) Elements Guide
| File Name | GSP Regulation Element(s) | Uploaded Date & Time |
|---|---|---|
| Subsidence Studies.zip (755.3MB) | §354.16(e) | 01/15/2026 12:01 PM |
| Title | Publication Name | Publish Date | Author(s) | File Name or URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depletions of Interconnected Surface Water – An Introduction | Department of Water Resources | 2024-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Multiplewell monitoring site adjacent to the North and South Belridge Oil Fields, Kern County, California | United States Geological Survey | 2020-01-01 | Everett, R. R., Brown, A., Gillespie, J. M., Kjos, A., and Fenton, N. C | |
| Rapid subsidence over oil fields measured by SAR interferometry | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | 1998-09-01 | Fielding, Blom, & Goldstein | |
| Stratigraphy of the West Side Southern San Joaquin Valley | San Joaquin Geological Society | 2020-01-14 | Foss, C.D. and Blaisdell, R. | |
| Estimate of Future Friant Division Supplies for use in Groundwater Sustainability Plans | Friant Water Authority | 2018-01-01 | Friant Water Authority | |
| Corcoran Clay—A Pleistocene Lacustrine Deposit in San Joaquin Valley, California | American Association of Petroleum Geologists | 1954-01-01 | Frink JW and Kues HA | |
| Land Subsidence in the United States | United States Geological Survey | 1999-01-01 | Galloway, D., Jones, D.R., and Ingebritsen, S.E. | |
| Kern River Hydrology Under Climate Change | GEI Consultants | 2018-01-01 | GEI Consultants | |
| Analysis of Groundwater Resources for Kern-Tulare Water District | Gillespie, et al | 2022-01-01 | Gillespie, et al | |
| Groundwater development leads to decreasing arsenic concentrations in the San Joaquin Valley, California | Science of the Total Environment, Volume 771 | 2021-06-01 | Haugen et al. | |
| Geology, Hydrology and Quality of Water in the Terra Bella-Lost Hills Area | United States Geological Survey | 1963-01-01 | Hilton, G.S., R.L. Klausing, and F. Kunkel | |
| Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins | Blackwell Scientific Publications | 1995-01-01 | Ingersoll and Busby | |
| Kern County Population Data | Integrated Public Use Microdata Series | 2018-01-01 | Integrated Public Use Microdata Series | |
| 1993-2022 ITRC-METRIC ETc for Kern County | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | 2022-01-01 | Irrigation Training and Research Center | |
| The Economic Contribution of the Oil and Gas Industry in Kern County | Kern Economic Development Foundation | 2021-01-01 | Kern Economic Development Foundation | |
| Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering - Lesson 2: Origin and Occurrence of Hydrocarbons, Professor of Practice, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering | Pennsylvania State University | 2023-01-01 | King, G., PNG 301 | |
| Upper Miocene turbidite deposition, Crocker Canyon area, section 18, T. 31 S., R. 22 E., southwest San Joaquin Valley, California | San Joaquin Geological Society | 1988-01-01 | SC Kiser, JR Bowersox, EE Miller | |
| The Application of Satellite Radar Interferometry to Subsidence Monitoring in the Belridge and Lost Hills Fields, California | Intstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 2002-01-01 | M. van der Kooij; D. Mayer | |
| Linking Sierra Nevada, California, uplift to subsidence of the Tulare basin using a seismically derived density model | Techtonics | 2015-12-27 | Levandowski, W., and C. H. Jones | |
| Land Subsidence due to Ground-Water Withdrawal Tulare-Wasco Area California | United States Geological Survey | 1969-01-01 | Lofgren, B.E. and R.L. Klausing | |
| Growth Fault-Bend Folding at Southeast Lost Hills, San Joaquin Valley, California | American Association of Petroleum Geologists | 1989-01-01 | Medwedeff D | |
| Fluvio-deltaic reservoir, South Belridge field, San Joaquin Valley, California | Earth Sciences | 1990-01-01 | Miller DD, McPherson JG, and TE Covington | |
| Groundwater Subsidence Study Report Concoran Subsidence Bowl San Joaquin Valley, California | Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure | 2017-01-01 | Amec | |
| Middle Tertiary Basin Development, San Joaquin Valley, California | Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1969-05-01 | Bandy, O. L., Arnal R. E. | |
| Geologic Map and Cross Sections of the Southeastern Margin of the San Joaquin Valley, California | United States Geological Survey | 1984-01-01 | Bartow, J.A. | |
| The Kern River Formation, Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, California | United States Geological Survey | 1983-01-01 | Bartow, J.A. and Pittman, G.M. | |
| Urbanization alters watershed hydrology in the Piedmont of North Carolina | United States Department of Agriculture Southern Research Station | 2011-01-01 | Johnny Boggs, Ge Sun | |
| Groundwater in the Central Valley, California; a summary report | United States Geological Survey | 1991-01-01 | Bertoldi and others | |
| Engineering Report Setting Forth a Plan of Works for Acquisition of Kern Island Water Company | Boyle Engineering Corporation | 1975-01-01 | Boyle Engineering Corporation | |
| Development and Calibration the California Central Valley Groundwater-Surface Water Simulation Model (C2VSim) | California Department of Water Resources Technical Memorandum | 2016-01-01 | Brush, CF, EC Dogrul and TN Kadir | |
| California Oil and Gas Fields, Volume I North and East Central California | California Division of Oil and Gas | 1973-01-01 | California Division of Oil and Gas | |
| California Oil and Gas Fields, Volume II South, Central Coastal and Offshore California | California Division of Oil and Gas | 1974-01-01 | California Division of Oil and Gas | |
| Impact of Drought-related Subsidence on Gas Infrastructure in California | Energy Research and Development Division | 2023-01-01 | California Energy Commission | |
| Historical Surface Deformation Near Oildale, California | United States Geological Survey | 1986-01-01 | Castle, R.O., J.P. Church, R.F. Yates, and J.C. Manning | |
| C2VSimFG Beta model | California Natural Resources Agency | 2018-01-01 | California Natural Resources Agency | |
| Annual Kern River Hydrographic Reports from 1985 through 2023 | Water Resources Department | 1985-01-01 | City of Bakersfield | |
| Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin, Third Edition | Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board | 2018-01-01 | Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| Water Storage Investment Program Technical Reference | California Water Commission | 2016-01-01 | California Water Commission | |
| Draft Amended Groundwater Management Plan, July | Cawelo Water District | 2007-01-01 | Cawelo Water District | |
| Groundwater Conditions and Storage Capacity in the San Joaquin Valley California | United States Geological Survey | 1959-01-01 | Davis, G.H., Green, J.H., Olmsted, F.H., and Brown, D.W. | |
| Geology of the Breckenridge Mountain quadrangle, California | California Division of Mines | 1953-01-01 | Dibblee and Chesterman | |
| California’s Groundwater, Bulletin 118 Interim Update 2016 | Department of Water Resources | 2016-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater, Modeling BMP | Department of Water Resources | 2016-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Draft Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater | Department of Water Resources | 2017-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| California Aqueduct Subsidence Study | Department of Water Resources, San Luis Field Division | 2017-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Guidance for Climate Change Data Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development | Department of Water Resources | 2018-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Resource Guide, DWR-Provided Climate Change Data and Guidance for Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development | Department of Water Resources | 2018-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Sustainable Groundwater Management Act 2019 Basin Prioritization Process and Results | Department of Water Resources | 2019-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Chronological Reconstructed Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley Water Year Hydrologic Classification Indices | Department of Water Resources | 2019-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Estimated average annual streamflow into the Central Valley of California | United States Geological Survey | 1983-01-01 | Nady, P, and LL Larragueta | |
| National Engineering Handbook | Natural Resources Conservation Service | 2004-01-01 | Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| Published Soil Surveys for California | USDA Soil Conservation Service | 2018-01-01 | Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| Petroleum Geology | Boston: Allen & Unwin | 1985-01-01 | North, F.K. | |
| Base of Fresh Ground Water (Approximately 3,000 Micromhos) in the San Joaquin Valley, California | United States Geological Survey | 1973-01-01 | Page, R.W. | |
| Geology of the Fresh Ground-Water Basin of the Central Valley, California, with Texture Maps and Sections, Regional Aquifer System Analysis | United States Geological Survey | 1986-01-01 | Page, R.W. | |
| Ground Water Resources of the Richgrove Area | Geology Report | 1955-01-01 | Reynolds, H. W. Jr | |
| Drivers of domestic wells vulnerability during droughts in California’s Central Valley | Environmental Research Letters | 2023-12-29 | Rodríguez-Flores et al. | |
| Elements of Petroleum Geology, 4th Edition | Academic Press | 2022-09-29 | Selley | |
| Overpumping leads to California groundwater arsenic threat | Nature Communications 9 | 2018-06-05 | Smith, R., Knight, R. & Fendorf, S | |
| Kern National Wildlife Refuge Water Management Plan | United States Bureau of Reclamation | 2011-01-01 | United States Bureau of Reclamation | |
| United States Census Data | United States Department of Commerce | 2018-01-01 | United States Department of Commerce | |
| Central Valley Hydrologic Model: Texture Model | United States Geological Survey | 2009-01-01 | United States Geological Survey | |
| Underground Injection Control Program Memorandum of Agreement Between California Division of Oil and Gas and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 | United States Environmental Protection Agency | 1982-01-01 | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Oversight of California’s Underground Injection Control Program | United State Environmental Protection Agency | 2019-01-01 | United State Environmental Protection Agency | |
| 3D Geologic Modeling of the Southern San Joaquin Basin for the Westcarb Kimberlina Demonstration Project- A Status Report | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 2009-02-24 | Wagoner, J. | |
| Stream Incision, Tectonics, Uplift, and Evolution of Topography of the Sierra Nevada, California | The University of Chicago Press | 2001-01-01 | Wakabayashi, John and Sawyer, Thomas L. | |
| Ground-water flow in the Central Valley, California | United States Geological Survey | 1989-01-01 | A. K. Williamson, David E. Prudic, and L.A. Swain | |
| Ground-water conditions in the Avenal - McKittrick area, Kings and Kern Counties, California | United States Geological Survey | 1959-01-01 | Wood and Davis | |
| Geology and Ground-Water Features of the EdisonMaricopa Area, Kern County, California | United States Geological Survey | 1964-01-01 | Wood, P.R. and Dale, R.H. | |
| Geology and Oil Resources of the Elk Hills, California: Including Naval Petroleum Reserve No.1 | U.S. Government Printing Office | 1932-01-01 | Woodring et al | |
| Linking Oil Production to Surface Subsidence from Satellite Radar Interferometry | Stanford University, Geophysics Department | 2001-04-01 | Xu, Habin, Dvorkin, Jack, and Nur, Amos | |
| Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for Buena Vista Water Storage District, Northern Area Project | Buena Vista Water Storage District | 2014-11-01 | Buena Vista Water Storage District | |
| Initial Study and Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration for Buena Vista Water Storage District, Palms Groundwater Banking Project | Buena Vista Water Storage District | 2015-12-01 | Buena Vista Water Storage District | |
| Report of Board of Directors of Buena Vistaa Water Storage District to Hon. Edward Hyatt, Jr. State Engineer, Upon District Plan. | Buena Vista Water Storage District | 1927-01-01 | Buena Vista Water Storage District | |
| An invisible water surcharge: Climate warming increases crop water demand in the San Joaquin Valley’s groundwater-dependent irrigated agriculture | PLOS Water | 2024-03-13 | Moyers K, Abatzoglou JT, Escriva-Bou A, Medellı ´n-Azuara J, Viers JH |
