Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Adjudication is a form of groundwater management in California through the courts. When groundwater resources do not meet water demands in an area, landowners may turn to the courts to determine how much groundwater can be rightfully extracted by each overlying landowner or appropriator. The court typically appoints a Watermaster to administer the judgment and to periodically report to the court. As of 2017 there were 29 adjudicated groundwater basins in California, with the majority of the adjudications located in Southern California in the South Coast hydrologic region. The majority of groundwater rights adjudications in California imposes extraction limits and/or initiates management actions in the event of declining groundwater levels or water quality degradation. It should be noted that the primary objective of an adjudication is to provide a proportionate share of the available groundwater to the users within the basin so it can be extracted without having adverse effects to existing groundwater supplies. Environmental concerns were not considered when most of the judgments were written. Areas designated to be treated as adjudicated areas as defined in Water Code Section 10720.8</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: California Department of Water Resources, Watermasters of adjudicated areas in groundwater basins
ID: San Bernardino Basin Area
Name: San Bernardino Basin Area
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Name: San Bernardino Basin Area
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: San Bernardino Basin Area COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
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ID: Santa Margarita River Watershed
Name: Santa Margarita River Watershed
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Name: Santa Margarita River Watershed
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: Santa Margarita River Watershed COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
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ID: Santa Maria Valley Management Area
Name: Santa Maria Valley Management Area
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Name: Santa Maria Valley Management Area
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: Santa Maria Valley Management Area COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
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ID: Santa Paula Basin
Name: Santa Paula Basin
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Name: Santa Paula Basin
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: Santa Paula Basin COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
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ID: Scott River System
Name: Scott River System
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Name: Scott River System
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: Scott River System COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
ID: Upper Los Angeles River Area
Name: Upper Los Angeles River Area
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Name: Upper Los Angeles River Area
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date_data_applies_to: null NAME: Upper Los Angeles River Area COMMENTS: null Label: null DateRecordLastEdited: null RecordLastEditedBy: null WATERMASTER: null ADJUDICATION_ID: null
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ID: Warren Valley Basin
Name: Warren Valley Basin
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