Neighboring Basins
Multi-Language Groundwater Educational Videos Now Available
CA Department of Water Resources
SGMA Resources
Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Authority GSP Resources
For a copy of the Eastern San Joaquin Water Resources Model, please email a request to info@esjgroundwater.org
General Water Resources Information
- California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) – State agency charged with protecting environmental quality
- California State Water Resources Control Board – State agency charged with protecting water quality and allocating water resources
- California Department of Water Resources (DWR) – State agency responsible for management and regulation of water usage
- US Geological Survey (USGS) Water Data for the Nation | California branch of the USGS – Data on national and state surface water, groundwater, water quality, and water use.
- US EPA Water Program, Region 9 – Federal agency charged with protecting environmental quality; Region 9 is the Pacific Southwest, including California
- Bulletin 118 - California’s official publication on the occurrence and nature of groundwater statewide; published by the Department of Water Resources
- Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program (GAMA) – State groundwater quality monitoring program
- Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act – The 1969 law that governs water quality regulation in California
- California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) – A program unit in the Department of Water Resources that manages a network of over 145 automated weather stations in California
- UCIPM WaterTox – University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program site covering water-related risks of active ingredients in pesticides
- Information for Public Drinking Water Systems – A California State Water Boards website with information about Division of Drinking Water regulations and Division of Financial Assistance funding opportunities for drinking water system improvements
- Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation – The Mid-Pacific Region is one of five Reclamation regions across the nation’s 17 western states, encompassing southern Oregon, northwestern Nevada, and northern California down to Bakersfield; it manages the Central Valley Project.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento Water Control Data System – Data for management of Corps reservoirs and flood control space in non-Corps reservoirs
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) – Information available from various state agencies, including the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
- California Soil Resource Lab – U.C. Davis Agricultural and Natural Resources (ANR) site with on online soil survey and a Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index
- U.S. Drought Monitor
- California Institute for Water Resources – Part of the U.C. Davis Agricultural and Natural Resources division, this Institute does research and outreach on water issues
- Pacific Institute – Nonprofit global water think tank focusing on sustainable water policies
- CalClim - California Climate Data Archive, associated with the Western Regional Climate Center and Scripps Institution of Oceanography and funded by the California Energy Commission
- Maven’s Notebook – California water news website
Drought Information
Local Groundwater Information Links in California
Membership Organizations