Stetson Engineers presented fall 2025 monitoring results showing that despite Water Year 2025 being classified as dry (only 59% of average rainfall in Lompoc), groundwater levels held up well. The Santa Rita upland saw water levels rise ~3 feet, and the Lompoc upland was up modestly. While forebay wells near the river declined once flows dried up, overall storage remains above the 2015 SGMA baseline. Curtis Lawler of Stetson noted that recent heavy December/January rains — and Cachuma Reservoir spilling over 100,000 acre-feet — bode very well for aquifer recharge heading into 2026.
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