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Tehachapi Valley East

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Tehachapi Valley East
  • Basin Number
  • 6-045
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Very Low
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • South Lahontan
  • Counties
  • Kern
  • Adjacent Basins

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s South Lahontan hydrologic region, the Tehachapi Valley East is 24000 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 34,837 people (2010 value). It has approximately 7 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 89 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

Basin Notes

1971:  Basin half adjudicated. Watermaster reports

2003: Bulletin 118 basin description 

2014: CASGEM prioritization – very low. Comment – Court adjudicated basin. Groundwater quality issues

2018: Draft basin prioritization – very low. 

  • 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR
  • 2) TCCWD Water Master Report 2014 show gwls stable or increasing. No evidence of declining GWL or overdraft.

Final Basin Prioritization: Very Low.

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