Scotts Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Scotts Valley
- Basin Number
- 5-014
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Sacramento River
- Counties
- Lake
- Adjacent Basins
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Sacramento River hydrologic region, the Scotts Valley is 7,326 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 6,548 people (2010 value). It has approximately 522 wells, of which approximately 8 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 66.03 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – medium. Comments: Boron exceeds EPA maximum. Some additional water quality issues (inorganics and nitrates), but not significant. Strong groundwater-surface water interaction with Clear Lake. PubCom – Changed irrigated acreage to 133 ac/sq. mi, GW Use of 0.70 ac-ft/ac, calc Volume is 5124 Af-ft, 80% of the total supply coming from GW.
2018: Draft Basin priority: Medium.
Final Basin Prioritization: Very Low
Scotts Valley proposed GSA map, City of Lakeport