San Joaquin Valley – Turlock
Statistics
- Basin Name
- San Joaquin Valley – Turlock
- Basin Number
- 5-022.03
- SGMA Basin Priority
- High
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- San Joaquin River
- Counties
- Merced, Stanislaus
- Adjacent Basins
At-A-Glance
Located in California’s San Joaquin River hydrologic region, the San Joaquin Valley – Turlock subbasin is 348,187 acres in size. This High priority basin is home to an estimated 202,206 people (2010 value). It has approximately 6606 wells, of which approximately 176 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 49 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2008: Turlock Groundwater Basin Draft Groundwater Management Plan
2014: CASGEM prioritization. High
2018: Draft basin prioritization. High. Comment: CASGEM/WDL/GWIDS: Longterm hydrographs show groundwater level decline. Source: DWR 2) Pumping depressions and groundwater level decline stated in GWMP
Final Basin Prioritization: High.
2022: January 28 – GSP submitted to DWR
2024: January 18 – GSP deemed incomplete by DWR
July 12 – Revised GSP submitted to DWR
July 18 – Comment period opened by DWR until 9/16
July 31 – US Fish and Wildlife Service releases the 15-year plan, the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment