This polygon feature class is a data set compiled by DWR employees in 2013 and represents the statewide Groundwater Management Plan (Plan) boundaries predating the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requirements. Each polygon represents the area in which a Plan is to be implemented. The boundaries were provided to DWR by the affiliated public agency and compiled into a single statewide data set. Spatial plan boundaries were provided by agencies to DWR either via shapefiles or PDFs. PDFs were georeferenced and turned into GIS layers by DWR employees.This feature class is for legacy purposes only and will not be changed nor updated. It needs to be memorialized for spatial coverage of Groundwater Management Plans prior to SGMA and because SGMA only requires medium and high priority basins to have a Groundwater Sustainability Plan. The Plans outlined in this shapefile by medium and high priority basins are in effect until SGMA goes into effect. Some low and very low priority basins will likely use the existing plans to get funding for future basin management (since it is only voluntary for them to provide a Plan under SGMA, but they already have one in place). The data set is considered complete because of its legacy status. However, anyone using the data set will notice boundary inconsistencies, agency plan overlaps, mismatches, and other topology errors. The data set is based on boundary estimations and in the cases of medium and high priority basins will be outdated with in implementation of SGMA. Pre-SGMA Statewide Groundwater Management Plans based on legislative actions: AB3030 (signed into law in 1992), SB 1938 (signed into law in 2002), and AB 359 (signed into law in 2011). For Groundwater Management Plan documents please email SGMPS@water.ca.gov.There are no access nor distribution constraints.There will be no resource maintenance nor update frequency.

This is a point feature class of all groundwater elevation monitoring stations (wells) maintained in the California Department of Water Resources’ (hereafter the Department) Enterprise Water Management database. Individual station information comes from a wide variety of sources, including and local and federal agencies, that conduct groundwater elevation monitoring within the state of California.

This dataset depicts change in groundwater level at selected monitoring locations (wells) between two specified years, by season. Change values represent change in groundwater level (elevation) by year and season (fall or spring). Other information on the monitoring location is also included. Positive values indicate groundwater has risen (groundwater surface elevation has increased) from the early year to the late year, while negative values indicate groundwater level surface has fallen (decreased in elevation ) from the early year to the late year. Water level monitoring locations and measurements used are selected based on measurement date and well construction information, where available, and approximate groundwater levels in the unconfined to uppermost semi-confined aquifers. For more information on this service, please contact gis@water.ca.gov

This dataset depicts contours of estimated change in groundwater piezometric surfaces in the unconfined or uppermost semi-confined aquifers, between two specified years, by season. Contours represent change in groundwater level (elevation) by year and season (fall or spring). The contour interval is 10 ft. The contours represent lines of equal change in groundwater level surface. Positive values indicate groundwater has risen (groundwater surface elevation has increased) from the early year to the late year, while negative values indicate groundwater level surface has fallen (decreased in elevation ) from the early year to the late year.Water level measurements used for contouring are selected based on measurement date and well construction information, where available, and approximate groundwater levels in the unconfined to uppermost semi-confined aquifers. For more information on this service, please contact: gis@water.ca.gov

This dataset depicts contours of estimated change in groundwater piezometric surfaces in the unconfined or uppermost semi-confined aquifers, between two specified years, by season. Contours represent change in groundwater level (elevation) by year and season (fall or spring). The contour interval is 10 ft.