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Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water P OREGON T r i n i ty River S a c r a er m iv e R n r t e o h t a e F ican River R er iv m e A r r e N v E i V R A D s A u S a a l tanis n S Jo a q u in R i v er r ve Ri er n P K a c if ic O ce a n r e v i R A N O o Z I d R a A r o l o $ C 020 40 80 Miles O LEGEND MEXIC DWR Groundwater Basins & Subbasins Figure 7.1 California Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 OREGON T r i n i ty River S a c r a r m e iv e R n t r e o h t a e F ican River R er iv m e A r r Eastern e v i N San R E VA s D S Joaquin u A a isl a n Stan Jo a q u in R iv e r Chowchilla Madera Kings Kaweah Tulare Lake Tule r ve Kern County Ri r n Ke P a c Cuyama if ic Valley O c e Las Posas a n Valley r e v Oxnard i R Pleasant A N Valley O o Z I d R a A r o l $ o 020 40 80 Miles C LEGEND O 1980 DWR Critically Overdrafted Groundwater Basins & Subbasins MEXIC Other DWR Groundwater Basins & Subbasins Figure 7.2 Overdrafted Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Pacific Ocean Lower Klamath River Valley K la m a th R iv er r iv e R t h ma Kla Hoopa Valley Trin ity $ Riv er 03 6 12 Miles LEGEND Trinity River Region DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.3 North Coast Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Enterprise Millville Anderson South Battle Creek Rosewood Bend Bowman Antelope Red Bluff Dye Creek Los Molinos Corning Vina West Butte S a cr a m e n t o North Yuba East Butte R 1 iv e r r e Colusa v i Sutter R r e South Yuba h t a e F Capay Valley North American River Yolo n a c $ A meri South 05 10 20 Miles American Solano LEGEND Redding Area DWR Groundwater Subbasins Sacramento Valley Region DWR Groundwater Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.4 Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 er Riv an ic r Am e S a c r a South American m e n t o R i v e r Solano Cosumnes Suisun-Fairfield Valley Eastern San Joaquin Tracy S a n J o a q u i River n laus nis R Sta iv e r $ 02.5 5 10 Miles LEGEND Delta Area DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.5 Groundwater Subbasins in the Delta Area Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Cosumnes Eastern San Joaquin Tracy er Riv islaus Stan Modesto S a n Turlock J o aq u in R i ve r Merced Delta-Mendota Chowchilla Madera $ 0 5 10 20 Miles LEGEND San Joaquin Valley DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.6 San Joaquin Valley Region Groundwater Basin Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 DWR, 2012. http://www.water.ca.gov/groundwater/bulletin118/gwbasin_maps_descriptions.c Kings Westside Kaweah Tulare Lake Pleasant Valley Tule Kern County $ 05 10 20 Miles P a LEGENDc if ic O Tulare Lake Area DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins ce a Othern DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.7 Tulare Lake Area Groundwater Basin Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Arroyo Del Pittsburg Plain Hambre Valley Clayton Valley Ygnacio Valley San Ramon Valley us River nisla East Bay Plain Sta Livermore Valley Castro Valley S an J o Niles Cone a q u in R iv er Santa Clara Llagas P a c i fic O Hollister Area c e a n Bolsa Area San Juan $ Bautista Area 05 10 20 Miles LEGEND San Francisco Bay Area DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.8 San Francisco Bay Area Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Morro Valley Chorro Valley Los Osos Valley San Luis Obispo Valley Santa Maria River Valley San Antonio Creek Valley P a c if ic Santa Ynez River Valley O ce a n Goleta Foothill Santa Barbara $ Montecito 05 10 20 Miles Carpinteria LEGEND Central Coast Region DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.9 Central Coast Region Groundwater Basins defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Simi Valley Acton Valley Fillmore Piru Santa Paula Santa Clara River Valley East Mound Raymond Las Posas San Fernando Valley Valley Oxnard San Gabriel Valley Pleasant Valley Arroyo Santa Central Rosa Valley P Tierre Rejada a c Conejo Valley if ic Hidden Valley O Malibu Valley c e a Thousand Oaks Area n Santa Monica Russell Valley Hollywood West Coast $ Coastal Plain of Orange County 05 10 20 Miles San Juan Valley LEGEND Coastal Southern California Area DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.10 Coastal Southern California Area Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 San Mateo Valley San Onofre Valley Santa Margarita Valley Escondido Valley San Luis Rey Valley Pamo Valley San Marcos Valley Batiquitos Lagoon Valley Santa Maria Valley San San Elijo Valley Pasqual Valley Poway Valley San Dieguito Valley San Diego River Valley Mission Valley El Cajon Sweetwater Valley Otay Valley $ Tijuana 03.5 7 14 Miles LEGEND South Southern California Area DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.11 San Diego Area Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Cajon Cucamonga Rialto-Colton Bunker Hill Yucaipa San Timoteo San Gorgonio Pass Chino Mission Creek Desert Hot Springs San Jacinto P a c if ic Indio O ce a Temescal n Riverside-Arlington Elsinore $ Temecula Valley 05 10 20 Miles LEGEND Southern California Region DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.12 Southern California Region Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 Salt Wells Valley Searles Valley Indian Wells Valley Pilot Knob Valley Grass Valley Langford Well Lake Superior Valley Cuddeback Valley Cronise Valley Fremont Valley Coyote Lake Valley Harper Valley Caves Canyon Valley Lower Mojave Kane Wash Area River Valley Iron Ridge Area Middle Mojave River Valley Antelope Valley Bessemer Valley Upper Johnson Valley Upper Mojave Deadman Lake River Valley Surprise Spring El Mirage Valley Lucerne Valley Twentynine Palms Valley Soggy Lake $ Means Valley 05 10 20 Miles Ames Valley Joshua Tree Copper Mountain Valley Lost Horse Valley Morongo Valley LEGEND Warren Valley Antelope and Mojave Valley DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins Other DWR Groundwater Basins and Subbasins County Boundaries Figure 7.13 Antelope Valley and Mojave Valley Groundwater Basins Defined in DWR Bulletin 118 T LEGEND ri n ! (! ity ( CITY EUREKA River 1 CVHM WATER BALANCE SUBREGION (! REDDING 1 S a c r 2 a m e n t o (! R CHICO i v e r 5 3 4 Feather River e 7 Am rican River (! SACRAMENTO 6 8 9 r e v i s R au nis l (! SAN FRANCISCO Sta 11 (! MODESTO S a n J 12 o a q u P in a R 13 c iv if er ic O c 10 e (! FRESNO a 16 n 17 14 15 18 !EUREKA 20 19 Kern River ! SACRAMENTO NEVADA P (! a BAKERSFIELD c if ic O 21 c e a n CVHM ACTIVE DOMAIN CALIFORNIA ! SAN DIEGO Service Layer Credits: Sources: Esri, USGS, VICINITY MAP $ 0 60 120 Miles NOAA Service Layer Credits: Sources: Esri, USGS, NOAA,USGS (2009) $ YOSEMITEZ:\MODELING\3WORKSPACE\TOOLKIT_DEVELOPMENT\CVHM\CVHM_2010\GIS\MAPFILES\APPENDIX_FIGURES\FIG_7.14_MODEL_WBS.MXD 5/28/2015 Figure 7.14 Groundwater Model Domain and Water Balance Subregions in the Central Valley LEGEND T r !( in CITY it !( EUREKA y R iver 1 CVHM WATER BALANCE SUBREGION (WBS) GROUNDWATER-LEVEL CHANGE !( REDDING DUE TO PROJECT (FEET) 1 -200 to -100 -100 to -50 -50 to -25 S a c -25 to -10 r a 2 m -10 to -2 e n -2 to 2 t o !( R CHICO 2 to 10 i v e 10 to 25 r 5 25 to 50 50 to 100 100 to 200 3 NOTES: 4 Feather River RESULTS ARE FOR MODEL LAYER 6. 7 American Riv er MODEL RESULTS FOR ALTERNATIVE 2 ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE. !( 6 SACRAMENTO ALTERNATIVES ARE SIMULATED WITH PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE AT YEAR 2030 CONDITIONS. 8 r e iv R 9 s lau nis !( SAN FRANCISCO Sta 11 !( MODESTO 12 S a n J o a q u P in a R 13 c iv if 10 er ic O c FRESNO e !( 16 a n 14 17 15 18 !EUREKA 20 19 Kern River !SACRAMENTO NEVADA P !( a BAKERSFIELD c if ic 21 O c e a n CVHM ACTIVE DOMAIN CALIFORNIA ! SAN DIEGO Service Layer Credits: Sources: Esri, USGS, VICINITY MAP $ 0 60 120 Miles NOAA Service Layer Credits: Sources: Esri, USGS, NOAA,USGS (2009) $ YOSEMITE\\YOSEMITE\PROJ\USBUREAUOFRECLAMATIO\427225\MODELING\3WORKSPACE\CVHM_GIS\FIGURES\MXD\UPDATES_20151019\FIG_7.15_ALT2_SBC_W.MXD 10/30/2015 Figure 7.15 Forecast Groundwater-Level Changes for Alternative 2 and No Action Alternative Compared to Second Basis of Comparison for Average July in a Future Wet Year LEGEND T r !( in CITY it !( EUREKA y R iver 1 CVHM WATER BALANCE SUBREGION (WBS) GROUNDWATER-LEVEL CHANGE !( REDDING DUE TO PROJECT (FEET) 1 -200 to -100 -100 to -50 -50 to -25 S a c -25 to -10 r a 2 m -10 to -2 e n -2 to 2 t o !( R CHICO 2 to 10 i v e 10 to 25 r 5 25 to 50 50 to 100 100 to 200 3 NOTES: 4 Feather River RESULTS ARE FOR MODEL LAYER 6.
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