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Palo Verde Mesa

Statistics

  • Basin Name
  • Palo Verde Mesa
  • Basin Number
  • 7-039
  • SGMA Basin Priority
  • Very Low
  • Critically Overdrafted
  • No
  • Hydrologic Region Name
  • Colorado River
  • Counties
  • Imperial, Riverside
  • Adjacent Basins
  • Chuckwalla Valley 7-005, Palo Verde Valley 7-038, ,

At-A-Glance

Located in California’s Colorado River hydrologic region, the Palo Verde Mesa is 224,911 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 9,231 people (2010 value). It has approximately 278 wells, of which approximately 9 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 1 percent of the basin’s water supply.

Source: CA DWR

Basin Notes

2004: Bulletin 118 basin description

2014: CASGEM basin prioritization – low. Comment: Arsenic, selenium, fluoride, chloride, boron, sulfate, and TDS concentrations are high (DWR 1975)

2018: Draft basin priority – Very Low

2018 Final basin priority: Very Low.

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