1. Basin Pumping Remains Below Sustainable Yield — Good News for Long-Term Sustainability Water Year 2025 data shows estimated groundwater pumping across the White Wolf Subbasin was approximately 30,600 acre-feet — nearly 9,000 acre-feet below the sustainable yield of roughly 39,700 acre-feet per year. This continues a multi-year trend of reduced pumping compared to the 2017–2022 period, even in a below-normal water year. This is a positive signal that the basin is trending toward sustainability, driven by a combination of crop changes, fallowing, economic conditions, and surface water availability.
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