Groundwater
The Shasta Valley RCD has been working on studies of groundwater in the Shasta River watershed for 10 years. Two studies have been completed in collaboration with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). These studies were designed to collect and review existing knowledge, areas of interest and information gaps. Our new GW 101 Brochure is Here.
Submitted 6/12/2018 by the Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to DWR Proposed Shasta Valley Groundwater Basin Modification Recommendation Map
Laura Foglia Presentation on Groundwater in the Shasta Valley to the Flood Control Board
Final Draft Shasta Valley Data Needs Assessment, Ward and Eaves, 2011
Selected Cross Sections of Shasta Valley
Shasta Valley Groundwater Study Plan – next steps; Davids Engineering 2013
Shasta Valley Groundwater
This is an introductory foundation to understanding the highly complex Shasta Valley groundwater system. It describes the geologic and precipitation history that created that created the groundwater system with its 8 sub-areas, and reveals patterns and trends in groundwater use for agriculture and domestic use. Future concerns are highlighted, from what is known such as increasing population and development, to the unknown, including climate change. In the future, we intend to prepare more detailed presentations focused on specific details of Shasta Valley Groundwater system.
Groundwater Basin Map for Shasta River Valley
Groundwater Talk in Grenada, CA on September 18th, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hn7T5goOcw
Complete Presentation Here and Notes Here
Other Groundwater Documents of Interest:
Geology and Ground-Water Features of Shasta Valley – USGS Pub. 1484 S. Mack; 1960
Shasta Valley Investigation, DWR 1964; Bulletin 87
Mt. Shasta Debris Flow – Crandall et al. 1989
DWR Bulletin 118, Ground-Water Basin Paper – has a good bibliography
Latest information from the DWR website about the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act or SGMA
Latest information from CDFW about a Shasta River Hydrology and Modeling Study
A Research Project by UCDavis ,Watershed Sciences; Christina Buck; Managing Groundwater for Environmental Stream Temperature, 2013
Literature Search/Groundwater (more complete) bibliography – request documents from this list as needed