June 2008 Part of the IWVCGMC charter is to encourage water conservation and preservation of the water resources within the Indian Wells Valley. This plan is focused on domestic, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water uses as well as the utilization of reclaimed water and graywater use where practical. - Water Conservation Public Advisory - - Indoor Water Conservation Tips - - Outdoor Water Conservation Tips -

March 3, 2008 The following technical document has been added to the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group web site: AB303 Final Rreport – March 3, 2008 Installation and Implementation of a Complrehensive Groundwater Monitoring Program for the Indian Wells Valley, California   Click here to view or download this document.

April 21, 2008 The following administrative document has been added to the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group web site: "Working Group 2008/2009 Objectives" Click here to view or download this document.

The USGS is collecting water quality data in the Indian Wells Valley for the Groundwater Monitoring and Assessment Program (GAMA). GAMA was developed in response to the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001. For more information visit the following web sites: State Water Resources Control Board: www.swrcb.ca.gov/gama U.S. Geological Survey: ca.water.usgs.gov/gama

The following administrative document has been added to the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group web site: "Cooperative Groundwater Management Plan for the Indian Wells Valley", March 16, 2006. (This document replaces the previous plan dated September 21, 1996.) Click here to view or download these documents.

Updated hydrographs have been added to the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group web site. A map of the Indian Wells Valley groundwater basin is provided showing the well location for each hydrograph. Click here to view or download these documents.

The following technical documents have been added to the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group web site: Banta, R. L., June 22, 1972, “Ground-Water Data for Indian Wells Valley, California 1972,” USGS Open File Report 7211-27 (Prepared for U. S. Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), 10 pages. Banta, R.L., 1973, Ground-Water Data, 1973, Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Open File Report, 7211-29 (Prepared for U.S. Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), December 24, 1974. Koehler, J. H., November 26, 1971, Ground-Water Conditions During 1970 in Indian Wells Valley, California (Prepared for US Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), USGS Open File Report 7211-25, 19 pages. Click here to view or download these documents.

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The purpose of this web site is . . .

. . . to provide historical and current information regarding our groundwater resources to the communities and residents of the Indian Wells Valley, as well as other interested parties.

The web site was developed with AB 303 grant funding from the California Department of Water Resources (FY 2000/2001) awarded to the Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District on behalf of the Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group.

The web site (still under development) will eventually contain general information about the following:

• The IWV Cooperative Groundwater Management Group
• Legislation in California related to groundwater and groundwater management
• A list of 190+ publications on the groundwater resources of IWV
• links to PDF files of 61 obtainable groundwater studies of the IWV
• A PDF copy of the AB 303 grant final report prepared by Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
• A base map of monitoring well locations in IWV
• Two Five-Year Groundwater Level Change Maps
• Seven Groundwater Elevation Maps
• Seven Depth to Groundwater Maps
• Examples of hydrographs of wells
• Data from stream gages in Grapevine and Sand Canyons
• Information relating to database development for IWV