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California\u2019s Groundwater also provides information on groundwater management and recommendations for the future.\r\n\r\nWith the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, California\u2019s Groundwater now serves an additional role by providing Groundwater Sustainability Agencies with three critical pieces of information regarding groundwater basins: Critical Conditions of Overdraft, Basin Boundaries, and Basin Priority. Updates to California\u2019s Groundwater will be released every five years starting in 2020. \r\n\r\nThis dataset includes the latest update, historical publications and supporting documents for California's Groundwater", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/ca-gw-basin-boundary-descriptions", "description": "In conjunction with the release of California\u2019s Groundwater Update 2020, DWR has compiled a comprehensive list of the official basin boundary descriptions for all of California\u2019s 515 groundwater basins. These descriptions were originally developed by DWR as part of California\u2019s Groundwater (B-118) Update 2003 and have since been updated for some groundwater basins as a result of the 2016 and 2018 Basin Boundary Modifications. To make locating descriptions easier, they have been organized by region which is determined by the first number of the basin number (i.e. 1-XXX).", "title": "Groundwater Basin Boundary Descriptions"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/calgw_update2020", "description": "This link will redirect the user to California's Groundwater (CalGW) - Update 2020. CalGW Update 2020 is the latest update to California's Groundwater publicly released on November 16, 2021.", "title": "California's Groundwater - Update 2020"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/edit/bulletin-118-update-2003-basin-reports", "description": "This dataset includes the basin reports for the 515 groundwater basins developed as part of Bulletin 118 Update 2003. The reports include descriptions of basin boundaries, summaries of the hydrologic and hydrogeologic setting, groundwater storage capacity and water budget, groundwater level and quality trends, well yields, basin management, and references.", "title": "Bulletin 118 - Update 2003 Basin Reports"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Frequently asked questions, and corresponding answers, related to California\u2019s Groundwater.", "downloadURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/3424bb65-e430-4c67-a8e2-a3377a991339/download/californias-groundwater-faqs.pdf", "format": "PDF", "mediaType": "application/pdf", "title": "California's Groundwater - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Hoja informativa de dos p\u00e1ginas sobre las aguas subterr\u00e1neas de California y c\u00f3mo proporcionar su opini\u00f3n sobre la \u00faltima versi\u00f3n del informe, la Actualizaci\u00f3n de aguas subterr\u00e1neas de California 2020.", "downloadURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/6c40716d-8701-4a0d-adb0-b0a4fde6a576/download/california-gw-factsheet-spanish.pdf", "format": "PDF", "mediaType": "application/pdf", "title": "Hoja Informativa del Bolet\u00edn 118"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Preguntas frecuentes y respuestas correspondientes relacionadas con el agua subterr\u00e1nea de California", "downloadURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/af950432-0ca2-49ff-abe3-a7bcab8b4e24/download/ca_gw_faq_translation_-esp.pdf", "format": "PDF", "mediaType": "application/pdf", "title": "Preguntas Frecuentes sobre el Agua Subterr\u00e1nea de California"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Two-page Fact Sheet on California's Groundwater and how to provide your input on the latest version of the report, California's Groundwater Update 2020.", "downloadURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/d173b2ac-d541-4dc4-9c5c-43d422c22eb7/download/california-gw-factsheet.pdf", "format": "PDF", "mediaType": "application/pdf", "title": "California's Groundwater Update 2020 Fact Sheet"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Update 2003 is a comprehensive report on groundwater published in 2003. It describes California\u2019s groundwater basins and subbasins, including basin boundaries, hydrologic and hydrogeologic summaries, groundwater storage capacity and water budget, groundwater level and quality trends, well yields, basin management, and references. It also includes basin reports for each of the 515 groundwater basins that existed in 2003. The basin reports can be found here.", "downloadURL": "https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/75eb6072-6810-471d-ba73-d8eadec36564/resource/5fc7e39c-34e7-433e-9dbe-ff93ce76787f/download/bulletin_118_update_2003.pdf", "format": "PDF", "mediaType": "application/pdf", "title": "Bulletin 118 - Update 2003"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Update 2016 updates portions of Bulletin 118 Update 2003 and includes time-sensitive information important to implementing the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Additionally, a new procedure for basin descriptions was developed as part of the basin boundary modification process. 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