California's Groundwater (Bulletin 118)
type: Dataset
description: California’s Groundwater (Bulletin 118) is the State’s official publication on the occurrence and nature of groundwater in California. __The latest version of the report, California's Groundwater - Update 2020 was publicly released on November 16, 2021.__ The publication defines the boundaries and describes the hydrologic characteristics of California’s groundwater basins. California’s Groundwater also provides information on groundwater management and recommendations for the future. With the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, California’s Groundwater now serves an additional role by providing Groundwater Sustainability Agencies with three critical pieces of information regarding groundwater basins: Critical Conditions of Overdraft, Basin Boundaries, and Basin Priority. Updates to California’s Groundwater will be released every five years starting in 2020. This dataset includes the latest update, historical publications and supporting documents for California's Groundwater
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: bulletin-118
keyword: calgw
keyword: california-department-of-water-resources
keyword: ckan
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: groundwater
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: sgma
keyword: sustainable-groundwater-management-act
keyword: united-states
keyword: water
issued: 2020-12-10T23:23:13.647457
modified: 2021-11-16T21:46:12.558443
theme: {"Natural Resources"
theme: Water}
contact point: Organization
  fn: Sustainable Groundwater Management Office

US Migrating
type: Agent

California's Groundwater - Update 2020
type: Distribution
description: This link will redirect the user to California's Groundwater (CalGW) - Update 2020. CalGW Update 2020 is the latest update to California's Groundwater publicly released on November 16, 2021.
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/calgw_update2020
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060859
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.055225

California's Groundwater Update 2020 Fact Sheet
type: Distribution
description: Two-page Fact Sheet on California's Groundwater and how to provide your input on the latest version of the report, California's Groundwater Update 2020.
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/d173b2ac-d541-4dc4-9c5c-43d422c22eb7/download/california-gw-factsheet.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060866
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.055629

Hoja Informativa del Boletín 118
type: Distribution
description: Hoja informativa de dos páginas sobre las aguas subterráneas de California y cómo proporcionar su opinión sobre la última versión del informe, la Actualización de aguas subterráneas de California 2020.
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/6c40716d-8701-4a0d-adb0-b0a4fde6a576/download/california-gw-factsheet-spanish.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060869
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.056011

California's Groundwater - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
type: Distribution
description: Frequently asked questions, and corresponding answers, related to California’s Groundwater.
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/3424bb65-e430-4c67-a8e2-a3377a991339/download/californias-groundwater-faqs.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060872
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.056386

Preguntas Frecuentes sobre el Agua Subterránea de California
type: Distribution
description: Preguntas frecuentes y respuestas correspondientes relacionadas con el agua subterránea de California
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/af950432-0ca2-49ff-abe3-a7bcab8b4e24/download/ca_gw_faq_translation_-esp.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060875
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.056758

Groundwater Basin Boundary Descriptions
type: Distribution
description: In conjunction with the release of California’s Groundwater Update 2020, DWR has compiled a comprehensive list of the official basin boundary descriptions for all of California’s 515 groundwater basins. These descriptions were originally developed by DWR as part of California’s Groundwater (B-118) Update 2003 and have since been updated for some groundwater basins as a result of the 2016 and 2018 Basin Boundary Modifications. To make locating descriptions easier, they have been organized by region which is determined by the first number of the basin number (i.e. 1-XXX).
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ca-gw-basin-boundary-descriptions
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060877
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.057126

Bulletin 118 - Interim Update 2016
type: Distribution
description: Update 2016 updates portions of Bulletin 118 Update 2003 and includes time-sensitive information important to implementing the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Additionally, a new procedure for basin descriptions was developed as part of the basin boundary modification process. All basins with boundary modifications in 2016 have revised basin boundary descriptions that replace their 2003 descriptions.
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/2b9cbe00-55f6-420e-9aa7-8e61cb5ee1fc/download/b118-interim-update-2016_ay_19.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060880
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.057513

Bulletin 118 - Update 2003
type: Distribution
description: Update 2003 is a comprehensive report on groundwater published in 2003. It describes California’s groundwater basins and subbasins, including basin boundaries, hydrologic and hydrogeologic summaries, groundwater storage capacity and water budget, groundwater level and quality trends, well yields, basin management, and references. It also includes basin reports for each of the 515 groundwater basins that existed in 2003. The basin reports can be found here.
media type: application/pdf
format: PDF
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/5fc7e39c-34e7-433e-9dbe-ff93ce76787f/download/bulletin_118_update_2003.pdf
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060882
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.057898

Bulletin 118 - Update 2003 Basin Reports
type: Distribution
description: This dataset includes the basin reports for the 515 groundwater basins developed as part of Bulletin 118 Update 2003. The reports include descriptions of basin boundaries, summaries of the hydrologic and hydrogeologic setting, groundwater storage capacity and water budget, groundwater level and quality trends, well yields, basin management, and references.
access URL: https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/edit/bulletin-118-update-2003-basin-reports
issued: 2022-04-28T02:03:15.060885
modified: 2025-11-21T13:36:54.058265