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Groundwater Basin |
Implementing Agencies1 |
Project Description1 |
Annual Yield1 (AFY) |
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San Mateo
San Onofre
Las Flores |
Camp Pendleton |
Camp Pendleton currently pumps approximately 2,500 acre-feet per year of groundwater from the San Mateo, San Onofre, and Las Flores alluvial aquifers. Withdrawn groundwater serve as the source of potable and irrigation supply for the northern portion of Camp Pendleton. |
2,500 |
|
Lower Santa Margarita |
Camp Pendleton |
Camp Pendleton currently pumps approximately 6,000 acre-feet per year of groundwater from alluvial aquifers of the Lower Santa Margarita River basin. Withdrawn groundwater serve as the source of supply for southern portion of Camp Pendleton. |
6,000 |
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Mission Basin |
City of Oceanside |
The City of Oceanside extracts and desalinates brackish groundwater from the Mission Basin in the lower San Luis Rey River Valley. The City annually produces approximately 2,200 acre-feet of potable water from the groundwater desalinization program for use as potable supply. |
2,200 |
|
Pauma |
Yuima Muncipal Water District |
Yuima MWD extracts potable water from wells in the Pauma groundwater basin in the upper San Luis Rey River Valley. Depending on hydrologic conditions, groundwater supply may comprise as much as 70 percent of Yuima's annual demand of 4,000 acre-feet. |
2,700 |
|
Warner |
Vista Irrigation District 2 |
Vista Irrigation District maintains a number of wells in the Warner Basin. Groundwater pumped from the wells are used to recharging Lake Henshaw, with subsequent release of Lake Henshaw waters as a source of supplemental supply to VID and the City of Escondido. |
9,000 2 |
|
Santa Maria |
Ramona MWD |
Ramona MWD maintains three deep wells in the eastern/central Santa Maria basin as a source of supplemental potable supply |
200 |
|
El Monte Basin |
Lakeside Water District |
Lakeside Water District withdrawal El Monte basin groundwater, treats the groundwater to remove iron and manganese, and uses the water as a supplemental source of potable water supply. |
1,000 |
|
El Monte Basin |
Riverview Water District |
Riverview Water District withdraws El Monte basin groundwater, chlorinates the supply, and blends the disinfected groundwater with imported water to supplement potable water supplies within the District. |
350 |
|
El Monte Basin |
Helix Water District |
Helix Water District is replacing a historic well for use in maintaining groundwater production from the El Monte basin. |
250 |
|
El Monte Basin |
City of San Diego |
The City of San Diego maintains wells for emergency use, but conveyance system repairs are required to activate the wells. |
0 |
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San Diego Formation |
Sweetwater Authority |
Sweetwater Authority maintains wells completed in the San Diego Formation aquifer as a source of potable water supply. |
2,000 |
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TOTAL EXISTING GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION (acre-feet per year) |
26,200 |
