Groundwater Sustainability Plan
5-022.07 DELTA-MENDOTA
Multiple GSPs
GSP Local ID: DM_Grassland_Adopted
Base Information
- 07/20/2022 Resubmission
- 01/23/2020
- 07/21/2022 Resubmission
- 01/31/2020
- 09/19/2022 Resubmission
- 05/15/2020
6 GSPs — Coordination Agreement Preview Page
Point of Contact: John Brodie (jbrodieSGMA@gmail.com)
Uploaded Coordination Agreement:
FINAL Coordination Agreement Delta Mendota Subbasin with Signatures.pdf (12.7MB)
Ricardo Ortega (Grasslands GSA)
200 W. Willmont Avenue
209-826-5188
rortega@gwdwater.org
200 W. Willmont Avenue
209-826-5188
rortega@gwdwater.org
Incomplete GSP Resubmission Notices
Notice Date: 03/22/2022
Public Hearing Date: 07/19/2022
The above date was the date of adoption for Merced County, the Grassland Groundwater Sustainability Agency adopted on 7/12/2022.
Groundwater Sustainability Plan (278.2MB)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Data Exchange | Website | 2019-09-05 | California Data Exchange Center | |
| EnviroStor | Website | 2019-09-27 | California Department of Toxic Substances Control | |
| California Water Well Standards California's Groundwater Bulletin 74-81 | Bulletin 74-81, Chapter 1 | 1981-01-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| California Water Well Standards California's Groundwater Bulletin 74-81 | Bulletin 74-81, Content | 1981-01-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Bulletin 118 | Bulletin 118 | 2006-01-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Guidelines | CASGEM-DWR-GW | 2010-12-15 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Monitoring Networks and Identification of Data Gaps BMP | DWR | 2016-12-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Monitoring Protocols, Standards, and Sites BMP | DWR | 2016-12-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Draft Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Sustainable Management Criteria | DWR | 2017-11-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Water Available for Replenishment | DWR | 2018-04-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Agricultural Land & Water Use Estimates | DWR Website | 2018-12-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Guidance for Climate Change Data Use during GSP Development | Website | 2018-12-13 | California Natural Resources Agency | |
| SGMA Data Viewer for Lan Subsidence | Website | 2018-01-01 | California Department of Water Resources | |
| Well Search for Well Record Electric Logs | Website | 2020-01-13 | California Department of Conservation | |
| Estimated Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley between 1949-2005 | Website | 2019-09-05 | California Open Data Portal | |
| NASA JPL InSAR Subsidence Data | 2019-09-05 | California Open Data Portal | ||
| The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region, Fifth Edition | CRWQCB | 2018-05-01 | California Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| GAMA Groundwater Information System | GAMA Webpage | 2019-09-27 | California Water Boards | |
| Wetland Policies | Website | 2019-09-27 | California Water Boards | |
| Geotracker | Website | 2019-09-27 | California Regional Water Quality Control Board | |
| 2030 General Plan Update | CLB Planning | 2009-07-15 | City of Los Banos | |
| A Statistical-Topographic Model for Mapping Climatological Precipitation over Mountainous Terrain | Journal of applied meterology | 1994-02-01 | Daily, C.; Neilson, R.P. & Phillips, D.L. | |
| Ground-Water Conditions and Storage Capacity in the San Joaquin Valley California | USGS | 1959-01-01 | Davis, G.H., Green, J.H., Olmsted, F.H., Brown, D.W. | |
| History and Evaluation of Hargreaves Evapotranspiration Equation | Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 129, Issue 1 | 2003-02-01 | Hargreaves, G.H. & Allen, R.G. | |
| Estimating Potential Evapotranspiration | Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 108, Issue 3 | 1982-01-01 | Hargreaves, G.H. & Samani, Z.A. | |
| A field Manual for Groundwater-level Monitoring at the Texas Water Development Board | Texas Water Development Board | 2016-09-01 | Hopkins, J. & Anderson, B. | |
| Geology, Hydrology, and Water Quality of the Tracy-Dos Palos Area, San Joaquin Valley, California | USGS | 1971-08-06 | Hotchkiss, W.R. & Balding, G.O. | |
| Evapotranspiration from Natural Vegetation in the Central Valley of California: Monthly Grass Reference-Based Vegetation Coefficients and the Dual Crop Coefficient Approach | SCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering | 2015-01-20 | Howes, D.J., Fox, P., & Hutton, P.H. | |
| CCID Groundwater Conditions in the Area between Mendota and Crows Landing | PDF by Kenneth D. Schmidt & Associates | 1997-05-01 | Kenneth D. Schmidt & Associates | |
| Amounts of Downward Flow in the SJREC Service Area | PDF by Kenneth D. Schmidt & Associates | 1997-05-01 | Kenneth D. Schmidt & Associates | |
| A Field Study to Assess Consumptive Use of Winter Rains by Spring and Summer Crops | DWR PDF | 1989-01-01 | MacGillivray, N.A. & Jones, M.D. | |
| Petrology of Sediments Underlying Areas of Land Subsidence in Central California | USGS | 1967-01-01 | Meade, R.H. | |
| 2030 Merced County General Plan Background Report | Merced County | 2013-12-01 | Merced County | |
| Well Systems | Merced County Website | 2019-09-27 | Merced County | |
| Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment | Obama White House Website | 2015-11-03 | Obama White House | |
| California Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water and Agricultural Energy Use in California | Journal of Integrative Agriculture | 2013-08-01 | Orang, M.N., Snyder, R.L., Geng, S., Quinn, J.H., Sarreshteh, S., Falk, M., Beaudette, D., Hayes, S., & Eching, S. | |
| Base of Fresh Groundwater (approximately 3,000 microcomhos) in the San Joaquin Valley, California | USGS | 1973-01-01 | Page, R.W. | |
| Subsidence Monitoring | San Joaquin River Restoration Program Website | 2019-09-05 | San Joaquin River Restoration Program | |
| Water Quality | San Joaquin River Restoration Program Website | 2019-09-05 | San Joaquin River Restoration Program | |
| Geology, Water Resources and Usable Ground-Water Storage Capacity of Part of Solano County, California | USGS | 1960-01-01 | Thomasson Jr., H.G., Olmsted, F.H., & LeRoux, E.F. | |
| PBO GPS Stations Network Monitoring | University NAVSTAR Consortium | 2019-09-27 | University NAVSTAR Consortium | |
| Agrimet Irrigation Guide | United States Bureau of Reclamation | 2018-07-01 | United States Bureau of Reclamation | |
| USGS Land Subsidence Resources | California Water Science Center Website | 2017-03-20 | United States Geological Survey | |
| Land Subsidence in California | USGS | 2019-09-05 | United States Geological Survey | |
| Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process | United States Environmental Protection Agency | 2006-02-01 | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Ground-Water Flow in the Central Valley, California | USGS | 1989-01-01 | Williamson, A.K., Prudic, D.E., & Swain, L.A. | |
| Incremental Level 4 Groundwater Development Project Initial Study and Negative Declaration | 2016-02-01 | Grassland Groundwater Sustainability Agency | ||
| Economically Distressed Areas Mapping Tool | 2018-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Natural Communities Commonly Associate with Groundwater (NCCAG) dataset | 2018-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| CA Bulletin 118 Groundwater Basins shapefile | 2019-08-20 | California Natural Resources Agency | ||
| NASA JPL InSAR Subsidence Data | 2018-06-18 | California Natural Resources Agency | ||
| San Joaquin Valley Interagency Drainage Program Environmental Assessment – Phase I | 1977-12-31 | California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | ||
| CV-SALTS Lower San Joaquin River Committee, April 28, 2011 Meeting Materials, Agenda Item 4 – Problem Statement | 2011-04-28 | California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | ||
| State Intervention - The State Back Stop, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) | 2018-08-03 | California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | ||
| What is a Public Water System? | 2018-08-03 | California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | ||
| Caltrans Adjusted County Boundaries shapefile | 2017-12-31 | Caltrans | ||
| California National Highway System shapefile | 2018-12-31 | Caltrans | ||
| Part 630 Hydrology National Engineering Handbook, Chapter 7 Hydrologic Soil Groups. | 2007-05-31 | National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). | ||
| Soil Survey Manual | 2015-12-31 | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | ||
| Agricultural Land Use and Wildlife in the San Joaquin Valley, 1769-1930: An Overview. SOLO Heritage Research | 1988-03-31 | Ogden, G. R. | ||
| Base of fresh groundwater (approximately 2,000 micromhos) in the San Joaquin Valley, California: | 1973-02-28 | Page, R.W. | ||
| Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1972 | 1975-12-31 | Poland, J.F., B.E Lofgren, R.L. Ireland, and A.G. Pugh | ||
| Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: Guidance for Preparing Groundwater Sustainability Plans | 2018-01-01 | Rohde, M.M., S. Matsumoto, J. Howard, S. Liu, L. Riege, and E.J. Remson (The Nature Conservancy) | ||
| Subsidence Monitoring | 2018-08-03 | San Joaquin River Restoration Program | ||
| Westside-San Joaquin Integrated Regional Water Management Plan | 2019-08-07 | San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) | ||
| Delta-Mendota Canal Check Points coordinates | 2018-08-07 | San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) | ||
| Groundwater Flows in the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Service Area | 1997-05-31 | Schmidt, K.D. | ||
| Groundwater Conditions in and near the Central California Irrigation District | 1997-05-31 | Schmidt, K.D. | ||
| Groundwater Overdraft in the Delta-Mendota Subbasin | 2015-09-30 | Schmidt, K.D. | ||
| Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA, 2007-2014 | 2015-11-12 | Sneed, M. and J.T. Brandt | ||
| Land subsidence along the Delta-Mendota Canal in the northern part of the San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003-10 | 2013-11-21 | Sneed, M., J. Brandt, and M. Solt | ||
| Senior Water Rights Curtailed in Delta, San Joaquin & Sacramento Watersheds | 2015-06-12 | State of California | ||
| Geologic nitrogen may pose hazard | 1980-09-30 | Strathouse, S. M. and G. Sposito | ||
| Web Soil Survey | 2018-06-19 | Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. | ||
| Geologic nitrogen and the occurrence of high nitrate soils in western San Joaquin Valley, California | 1979-03-31 | Sullivan, P.J., G. Sposito, S.M. Strathouse, and C.L. Hansen | ||
| Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, updated to 1995 | 1998-12-31 | Swanson, A.A. | ||
| Groundwater and Stream Interaction in California’s Central Valley: Insights for Sustainable Groundwater Management | 2014-06-30 | The Nature Conservancy (TNC) | ||
| Identifying Environmental Surface Water Users - Freshwater Species List for Each Groundwater Basin dataset, by GSA | 2019-05-06 | The Nature Conservancy (TNC) | ||
| UNAVCO’s Monitoring Network Map database | 2019-12-31 | UNAVCO | ||
| USBR computed full natural flows from 1906-2002 | 2002-12-31 | United State Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | ||
| Delta-Mendota Canal Non-Project Water Pump-in Program Monitoring Plan | 2018-03-20 | United States Bureau of Reclamation | ||
| Population Estimates Program | 2015-12-31 | United States Census Bureau | ||
| Water resources data for California, 1910-2000 for various gaging stations within the San Joaquin Valley | 2000-12-31 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | ||
| Water resources data for California, 1910-2000 for various gaging stations within the San Joaquin Valley | 2000-12-31 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | ||
| Central Valley Spatial Database, Corcoran Clay Depth, Extent, and Thickness shapefiles | 2012-12-31 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | ||
| Delta-Mendota Canal: Evaluation of Groundwater Conditions & Land Subsidence | 2017-12-31 | United States Geological Survey (USGS), California Water Science Center (CWSC) | ||
| Field-scale monitoring of the long-term impact and sustainability of drainage water reuse on the west side of California's San Joaquin Valley | 2012-11-22 | Corwin, D.L. | ||
| Subsurface geology of the Late Tertiary and Quarternary water-bearing deposits of the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley, California | 1972-12-31 | Croft, M.G. | ||
| Ground-water conditions in the Mendota-Huron Area Fresno and Kings Counties, California | 1957-12-31 | Davis, G.H. and J.F. Poland | ||
| Ground water conditions and storage capacity in the San Joaquin Valley, California | 1959-12-31 | Davis, G.H., J.H. Green, S.H. Olmstead, and D.W. Brown | ||
| Use of ground-water reservoirs for storage of surface water in the San Joaquin Valley California | 1964-12-31 | Davis, G.H., B.E. Lofgren, and S. Mack | ||
| East Stanislaus Region Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Update - Public Draft | 2017-12-31 | East Stanislaus Regional Water Management Group | ||
| Progress Report: Subsidence in California, March 2015 – September 2016 | 2017-12-31 | Farr, Tom G., Cathleen E. Jones, and Zhen Lieu | ||
| Region 4, Central Valley and Pacific Coast Ranges | 1988-01-01 | Farrar, C.D., and G.L. Bertoldi | ||
| Groundwater availability of the Central Valley Aquifer, California | 2009-12-31 | Faunt, C., R.T. Hanson, K. Belitz, W. Schmid, S. Predmore, D. L. Rewis, and K. McPherson | ||
| Development of a three-dimensional model of sedimentary texture in valley-fill deposits of Central Valley, California, USA | 2009-10-29 | Faunt, C.C., K. Belitz., and R.T. Hanson | ||
| Water availability and land subsidence in the Central Valley, California, USA | 2015-11-17 | Faunt, C.C., M. Sneed, J. Traum, and J.T. Brandt | ||
| Calculation of a water budget and delineation of contributing sources to drainflows in the Western San Joaquin Valley, California | 1994-12-31 | Fio, J.L. | ||
| Stratigraphy of the West Side Southern San Joaquin Valley | 1968-12-31 | Foss, F.D., and R. Blaisdell | ||
| San Joaquin Valley, California—Largest human alteration of the Earth’s surface | 1999-12-31 | Galloway, D.L., and F.S. Riley. | ||
| Land subsidence in the United States | 1999-12-31 | Galloway, D.L., D.R. Jones, and S.E. Ingebritsen | ||
| Generalized subsurface geology of water-bearing deposits, northern San Joaquin Valley, California | 1972-05-12 | Hotchkiss, W.R. | ||
| Geology, hydrology, and water quality of the Tracy-Dos Palo area, San Joaquin Valley, California | 1971-08-06 | Hotchkiss, W.R. and G.O. Balding. | ||
| Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1980 | 1984-12-31 | Ireland R.L., J.F. Poland, and F.S. Riley | ||
| Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1983 | 1986-12-31 | Ireland, R.L. | ||
| On the flow of water in an elastic artesian aquifer | 1940-09-30 | Jacob, C.E. | ||
| Geological Atlas of California – Santa Cruz Quadrangle. | 1958-12-31 | Jennings, C.W. and R.G. Strand | ||
| Ground water in the San Joaquin Valley, California | 1916-12-31 | Mendenhall, W.C., R.B. Dole, and H. Stabler. | ||
| State of California Well Completion Report, Well No. E0132267. | 2011-10-05 | Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers (LSCE) | ||
| Western San Joaquin River Watershed Groundwater Quality Assessment Report | 2015-03-31 | Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers (LSCE), Davids Engineering, and Larry Walker Associates | ||
| Grassland Drainage Area Groundwater Quality Assessment Report | 2016-07-31 | Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers (LSCE) | ||
| Madera Integrated Regional Water Management Plan - Final Draft | 2014-09-30 | Madera Regional Water Management Group | ||
| San Joaquin River Restoration Study Background Report | 2002-12-31 | McBain & Trush, Inc. | ||
| Personal Communication | 2018-02-22 | Mosley, J. Natural Resources Specialist/GIS Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Region | ||
| Groundwater Management Plan for the Northern Agencies in the Delta-Mendota Canal Service Area | 2011-11-07 | AECOM | ||
| Character and Evolution of Ground-Water flow System in the Central Part of the Western San Joaquin Valley, California | 1990-12-31 | Belitz, K. and F.J. Heimes | ||
| Ground water in the Central Valley, California - A Summary Report | 1991-12-31 | Bertoldi, G.L., R.H. Johnston, and K.D. Evenson | ||
| Land Subsidence from Groundwater Use in California | 2014-04-30 | Borchers, J.W. and M. Carpenter | ||
| Assembly Bill No. 1471 Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 | 2014-08-13 | California Assembly | ||
| Faults shapefiles | 2018-11-09 | California Department of Conservation, California Geologic Survey | ||
| CDFW GIS Clearning House - California Lakes shapefile | 2014-12-13 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) | ||
| CDFW GIS Clearning House - California Streams shapefile | 2016-06-23 | California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) | ||
| San Joaquin Valley Drainage Investigation – San Joaquin Master Drain | 1965-01-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Water Well Standards: State of California, Bulletin 74-81 | 1981-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| California Well Standards, Bulletin 74-90 | 1991-06-30 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| The California Water Plan Update, Volume 1 | 1998-11-30 | California Department of Water Resources | ||
| California's Groundwater Bulletin 118 - Update 2003 | 2003-10-01 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin Delta-Mendota Subbasin, DWR Bulletin 118 | 2006-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Lines of Equal Elevation of Water in Wells, Unconfined Aquifer, San Joaquin Valley, Spring 2010 | 2010-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) database | 2009-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Best Management Practices: Monitoring Networks and Identification of Data Gaps | 2016-12-30 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Best Management Practices: Monitoring Protocols, Standards, and Sites | 2016-12-30 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Water Districts shapefile | 2016-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater – Water Budget | 2016-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| California Aqueduct Subsidence Study | 2017-06-30 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Best Management Practices for the Sustainable Management of Groundwater: Sustainable Management Criteria BMP (DRAFT) | 2017-11-06 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Evaluation of the Effect of Subsidence on Flow Capacity in the Chowchilla and Eastside Bypasses, and Reach 4A of the San Joaquin River | 2018-05-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Water Data Library | 2018-08-06 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| Disadvantaged Communities Mapping Tool | 2018-12-31 | California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | ||
| National Elevation Dataset, Ground Surface Elevation shapefile | 2018-12-31 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | ||
| National Hydrograph Dataset | 2018-08-13 | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | ||
| Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index (SAGBI) | 2018-04-20 | University of California, Davis (UCD) Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. n.d. Soil Resource Lab | ||
| Geologic Map of the San Francisco – San Jose Quadrangle. California Geological Survey, Regional Geologic Map No. 5A, 1:250,000 scale. | 1991-12-31 | Wagner, D.L., Bortugno, E.J., and Mc Junkin, R.D. |
