The California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) program is requesting that Monitoring Entities coordinate with CASGEM on coordinating Fall data collection. Due to persisting drought conditions in California, and the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) obligation to continue meeting the Governor’s Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions, DWR will be collecting fall groundwater level measurements in wells that it monitors during the month of October, 2015.
The goal is to collect the data as close to the middle of October as possible. DWR will be preparing groundwater maps, based on groundwater elevation data uploaded in the groundwater level database, to assess the impact of drought conditions on groundwater. An example of these maps can be accessed here.
CASGEM Monitoring Entities are being requested to coordinate the collection of Fall 2015 groundwater level measurements with this October, 2015 schedule. CASGEM Monitoring Entities are asked to upload their data into the groundwater level database via the CASGEM Online System by November 9, 2015. The CASGEM online system can be accessed here.