Monitoring Wells

The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency is beginning the installation of 14 new monitoring wells as part of the implementation of the Groundwater Sustainability Plans. The new monitoring wells will add to the network of existing monitoring wells. These are in addition to the 14 new monitoring wells that were drilled in 2023-2024.

SVBGSA was awarded Department of Water Resources (DWR) Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Round 1 and Round 2 Implementation Grants. The Grants support the implementation of GSPs including compliance reporting and data expansion activities like the installation of new monitoring wells. Groundwater Level monitoring wells provide information about how groundwater elevations change or fluctuate over time in response to changes in groundwater recharge and pumping. Interconnected Surface Water monitoring wells provide information that will be used to help determine how river water is connected to shallow groundwater.

Final reports on the completion of new groundwater monitoring wells in the Salinas Valley Basin, including the first round of groundwater testing from these wells, are now available. Explore the reports using the buttons below.

More information can be accessed on the SVBGSA GSP web map.