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Workshop Memorandum 16-002
Date: January 12, 2016
Subject: 2015 Update on the Determination of the Usable Capacity and Safe
Yield for each Subbasin within the Yucaipa Basin Area
In 2013, the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District in partnership with the City of
Redlands, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, South Mesa Mutual Water Company, Western
Heights Mutual Water Company, City of Yucaipa and Yucaipa Valley Water District completed a
study of the usable capacity of the subbasins in the Yucaipa area. On November 12, 2013, Brian
Villalobos, Senior Geohydrologist from Geoscience Support Services, provided a summary of the
results of this important study to the Board of Directors and outlined the next steps for the project
partners.
Following the presentation, the District staff elaborated on the complexities of water storage and
recharge in the Yucaipa and Calimesa area. In the Yucaipa Valley, our groundwater basins are
heavily partitioned with a series of earthquake faults. The earthquake faults create a geological
Yucaipa Valley Water District - January 12, 2016 - Page 23 of 279
Date: January 12, 2016
Subject: 2015 Update on the Determination of the Usable Capacity and Safe
Yield for each Subbasin within the Yucaipa Basin Area
In 2013, the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District in partnership with the City of
Redlands, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, South Mesa Mutual Water Company, Western
Heights Mutual Water Company, City of Yucaipa and Yucaipa Valley Water District completed a
study of the usable capacity of the subbasins in the Yucaipa area. On November 12, 2013, Brian
Villalobos, Senior Geohydrologist from Geoscience Support Services, provided a summary of the
results of this important study to the Board of Directors and outlined the next steps for the project
partners.
Following the presentation, the District staff elaborated on the complexities of water storage and
recharge in the Yucaipa and Calimesa area. In the Yucaipa Valley, our groundwater basins are
heavily partitioned with a series of earthquake faults. The earthquake faults create a geological
Yucaipa Valley Water District - January 12, 2016 - Page 23 of 279
