West Salton Sea
Statistics
- Basin Name
- West Salton Sea
- Basin Number
- 7-022
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Colorado River
- Counties
- Imperial
- Adjacent Basins
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s Colorado River hydrologic region, the West Salton Sea is 105,382 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 5,360 people (2010 value). It has no public supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2004: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – very low. Comments – Groundwater is marginal to poor for domestic and irrigation use because of elevated fluoride, boron, and TDS.
2018: Draft basin priority – very low. Comments –
- 1) CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: No data or data insufficent to determine GWL status. Source: DWR
- 2) No available documentation on groundwater level decline past or present in the basin
2018 final basin prioritization: Very Low.