Groundwater Sustainability Plan
3-004.01 180/400 FOOT 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: 09/06/2019
90 day mailed notice to public entities.pdf (2.4MB)
90-day notice to public entities.pdf (369.7kB)
The County of Monterey GSA notice date was January 30, 2020.
90 Day Notice Certification.pdf (182.8kB)
90 day mailed notice to public entities.pdf (2.4MB)
90-day notice to public entities.pdf (369.7kB)
Public Hearing Date: 01/09/2020
Monterey County Weekly proof of publication.pdf (347.4kB)
Salinas California Proof of Pub 2019-10-10.pdf (690.2kB)
El Sol affidavit.pdf (749.3kB)
062320_GSP Adoption_Completed Board Order- Resolution.pdf (159.8kB)
Attached are the affidavits of the newspaper publications for the 12/12/19 public hearing. Also attached are the approved minutes of the 12/12/19 hearing at which it was announced that the hearing was continued to 1/9/20. The County of Monterey GSA adopted the GSP on June 23, 2020.
2019-12-12 SVBGSA Board Minutes.pdf (551.7kB)Monterey County Weekly proof of publication.pdf (347.4kB)
Salinas California Proof of Pub 2019-10-10.pdf (690.2kB)
El Sol affidavit.pdf (749.3kB)
062320_GSP Adoption_Completed Board Order- Resolution.pdf (159.8kB)
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (162.7MB)
Elements of the Plan
| File Name | GSP Regulation Element(s) | Uploaded Date & Time |
|---|
| Title | Publication Name | Publish Date | Author(s) | File Name or URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Marina Coast Water District 2015 Urban Water Management Plan | Management Plan | 2016-06-01 | Marina Coast Water District | |
| 2010 Monterey County General Plan | Management Plan | 2010-10-26 | Monterey County | |
| 2018 Monterey County Crop Report | Technical Report | 2018-01-01 | Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner | |
| Salinas Valley Water Project Flow Prescription for Steelhead Trout in the Salinas River | Technical Report | 2005-10-11 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Monterey County Groundwater Management Plan | Management Plan | 2006-05-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Floodplain Management Plan Monterey County: 2014 Update | Management Plan | 2014-01-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| 2014 Groundwater Extraction Summary Report | Technical Report | 2015-10-01 | 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 | |
| 2015 Groundwater Extraction Summary Report | Technical Report | 2017-04-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin | Technical Report | 2017-10-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Special Joint Meeting of MCWRA Board of Directors and Monterey County Board of Supervisors | BoD Meeting | 2018-04-24 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| 2017 Salinas River Discharge Measurement Series Results in Context | Technical Report | 2018-01-23 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Salinas River Long-Term Management Plan | Management Plan | 2019-02-01 | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | |
| Progress Report on Pure Water Monterey Expansion | Technical Report | 2018-05-10 | Monterey One Water | |
| Final report: Salinas Valley integrated groundwater and surface model update | Technical Report | 1997-05-01 | Montgomery Watson | |
| Salinas Valley Water Project Biological Opinion | Opinion | 2007-06-21 | National Marine Fisheries Service | |
| 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 | |
| Monterey County Water Quality of SWS & LPA Water Systems - GIS Data Set [ArcGIS REST Web Service] | Online Dataset | 2017-10-16 | Ostermayer, G | |
| New Source Water Supply Study: Final Report | Technical Report | 2018-09-28 | Raftelis Financial Consultants | |
| Castroville Community Services District Median Household Income Survey Results Prop 1 Agreement No. D1612801/TA Work Plan No. 5077-A | Technical Report | 2017-03-30 | Rural Community Assistance Corporation | |
| Blanco Drain Yield Study | Technical Report | 2014-12-31 | Schaaf & Wheeler | |
| Design of a Ground-Water-Quality Monitoring Network | USGS Water Resource Investigations | 1984-01-01 | Showalter, Patricia, J.P. Akers, and Lindsay A. Swain | |
| Safe Drinking Water Plan for California. Report to the Legislature in Compliance with Health & Safety Code Section 116365 | Guidance Document | 2015-06-01 | State Water Resources Control Board | |
| Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin | Guidance Document | 2017-09-01 | State Water Resources Control Board | |
| Salinas Valley Water Coalition v. MCWRA; BOS of Monterey County; BOD of MCWRA; County of Monterey; BOS of the County of Monterey; and DOES 1 through 100. Case No. 17CV000157 | Court Documents | 2019-01-01 | State Water Resources Control Board | |
| Groundwater observation network design for the Kansas groundwater management districts, USA | Journal of Hydrology | 1983-01-01 | Sophocleous, M. | |
| Report on Castroville Irrigation Project Deep Test Hole and Freshwater Bearing Strata Below the Pressure 400-Foot Aquifer, Salinas Valley, CA | Technical Report | 1976-04-30 | Thorup, R.R. | |
| Quaternary Geology of Northern Salinas Valley, Monterey County, California | Technical Report | 1975-08-01 | Tinsley, J.C. III. | |
| Sources of Saline Intrusion in the Pressure 400-Foot Aquifer, Castroville Area, California | Technical Report | 1989-06-01 | Todd Engineers | |
| National Soil Survey Handbook | Guidance Document | 2019-09-30 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| 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. | |
| Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values: California & Nevada | Trends® | 2019-01-01 | American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers | |
| Regional Growth Forecast | Technical Report | 2018-06-13 | Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments | |
| Water quality for agriculture | FAO | 1985-01-01 | Ayers, R.S., and D.W. Westcot | |
| BIOS Viewer by CDFW | Online map viewer | 2019-11-25 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | |
| State of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin - Hydrology Report | Technical Report | 2015-01-26 | Brown and Caldwell | |
| 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 | |
| 2010 Urban Water Management Plan for the Central Division – Monterey County District | Management Plan | 2012-09-07 | Cal-Am (California-American Water Company) | |
| Northern Counties Groundwater Characterization: Salinas Valley, Pajaro Valley and Gilroy-Hollister Valley | Technical Report | 2015-06-01 | Central Coast Groundwater Coalition | |
| Title 23, Waters, Division 2, Department of Water Resources, Chapter 1.5. Groundwater Management, Subchapter 2. Groundwater Sustainability Plans | Regulations | 2016-01-01 | CCR (California Code of Regulations) | |
| Senate Bill No. 252- An act to add and repeal Article 5 (commencing with Section 13807) of Chapter 10 of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to groundwater | Regulations | 2017-10-06 | California Legislature | |
| Moss Landing County Sanitation District Median Household Income (MHI) Survey Final Report | Technical Report | 2018-12-03 | California Rural Water Association | |
| Division 6. Conservation, Development, and Utilization of State Water Resources, Sections 10000-12999 | Regulations | 2014-01-01 | CWC (California Water Code) | |
| 2015 Urban Water Management 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 | |
| Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Irrigated Lands | Regulations | 2017-03-08 | Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| Groundwater Quality Conditions and Agricultural Discharges in the Central Coast Region | Technical Report | 2018-05-11 | Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| City of Gonzales 2010 General Plan | Management Plan | 2011-01-18 | City of Gonzales | |
| City of Marina General Plan | Management Plan | 2010-08-04 | City of Marina | |
| City of Salinas General Plan | Management Plan | 2002-09-01 | City of Salinas | |
| Codes and Standards Consulting California’s Residential Indoor Water Use | Guidance Document | 2014-03-01 | ConSol | |
| Maps showing geology and liquefaction potential of northern Monterey and southern Santa Cruz counties, California | USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map | 1980-11-14 | Dupre, W. R., and J.C. Tinsley | |
| Maps showing geology and liquefaction susceptibility of Quaternary deposits in the Monterey, Seaside, Spreckels, and Carmel Valley quadrangles, Monterey County, California | USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map | 1990-06-04 | Dupre, W. R. | |
| 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 | |
| Geology of the Southern Salinas Valley Area | USGS Professional Paper | 1974-08-01 | Durham, D.L. | |
| Salinas Basin Investigation | Bulletin | 1946-01-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Seawater Intrusion Lower Salinas Valley | Bulletin | 1973-07-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| California’s Ground Water | Bulletin | 1975-09-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| California’s Ground Water | Bulletin | 2003-10-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| 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 | |
| Water Budget 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 Use During Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development | Guidance Document | 2018-07-01 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Salinas Valley Basin GSA – 180/400 Foot Aquifer (3-004.01 Salinas Valley 180/400 Foot Aquifer) | Bulletin | 2015-10-08 | Department of Water Resources | |
| Cal-Am Coastal Water Project Draft Environmental Impact Report | Technical Report | 2009-10-30 | ESA | |
| Fine-scale hydrologic modeling for regional landscape applications: the California Basin Characterization Model development and performance | Ecological Processes | 2013-07-31 | Flint, L.E., A.L. Flint, J.H. Thorne, and R. Boynton | |
| Arundo donax: Distribution and Impacts | Technical Report | 2011-03-01 | Giessow, Jason, J. Casanova, R. Leclerc, and G. Fleming | |
| Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production | University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources | 2002-01-01 | Grattan, Stephen R | |
| Integrated Regional Water Management Plan for the Greater Monterey County Region | Management Plan | 2018-09-01 | Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group | |
| Geology of Southern Monterey Bay and Its Relationship to the Ground Water Basin and Salt Water Intrusion | USGS Open File Report | 1970-08-06 | Greene, H.G. | |
| Geology of the Monterey Bay Region, California | USGS Open File Report | 1977-01-01 | Greene, H.G. | |
| One-Water Hydrologic Flow Model (MODFLOW-OWHM) | USGS Techniques and Methods | 2014-01-01 | Hanson, R.T., S.E. Boyce, Wolfgang Schmid, J.D. Hughes, S.M. Mehl, S.A. Leake, Thomas Maddock, III, and R.G. Niswonger | |
| Integrated hydrologic model of Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties | USGS Scientific Investigations Report | 2014-01-01 | Hanson, R.T., W. Schmid, C.C. Faunt, J. Lear, and B. Lockwood | |
| Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Salinas Valley Basin in the Vicinity of Fort Ord and Marina, Salinas Valley, California | Technical Report | 2001-04-12 | Harding ESE | |
| Design of ground-water level observation-well programs | Groundwater | 1976-03-01 | Heath, R. C. | |
| A Field Manual for Groundwater-level Monitoring at the Texas Water Development Board | UM | 2016-09-01 | Hopkins, Janie and Bryan Anderson | |
| Storm Water Resource Plan for the Greater Monterey County Integrated Regional Water Management Region | Management Plan | 2019-06-27 | Hunt JW, Robinson SM, Clark RP, Endris CA, Gregory JN, Hammerstrom KK, Null KA and O'Connor KC | |
| 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 |
