Coachella Valley – Mission Creek
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Coachella Valley – Mission Creek
- Basin Number
- 7-021.02
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Medium
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Colorado River
- Counties
- Riverside
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Colorado River hydrologic region, the Coachella Valley – Mission Creek subbasin is 48,572 acres in size. This Medium priority basin is home to an estimated 18,977 people (2010 value). It has approximately 208 wells, of which approximately 22 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM prioritization – medium. Comments: Radiological and nitrate issues in the basin (B‐118). Mission Creek GW also supplies drinking water to Desert Hot Springs and part of Indio subbasins
2016: Submitted an alternative plan
2018: Final Basin Prioritization: Medium
2019: July 17 – Alternative plan approved
2024: June 27 – Periodic review of alternative approved