Since 2014, the City of Woodland has stored surface water from the Sacramento River in the aquifer underneath the City. The water is stored in the winter months and used during the summer months. Currently, the City can store up to 4.5 million gallons of water per day.

The Dunnigan Groundwater Recharge Project, led by Dunnigan Water District, launched in early 2022 as a pilot project with the diversion of about 200 AF from the Tehama-Colusa Canal into Buckeye Creek. The project has successfully expanded to include on-farm recharge and seasonal wetland habitat. The project now plans to recharge 5,000 AF per year into the aquifer and provide 500 acres of shorebird…

The citizen science program is being started to allow domestic well owners to monitor their own water levels. Measuring equipment will be loaned out at no cost to the well owner. All domestic well users within the Subbasin are eligible. 

Yolo County Dry Well Assistance

The 2022 Annual Update covers water years 2018 - 2021.

DWR will be coordinating AEM surveys to help improve the understanding of groundwater resources and support local management efforts in their goals to implement SGMA.

Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), a non-profit organization is offering private well owners free well assessments and water quality screening for nitrate. See the two flyers below for more information: