This dataset contains the text description of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) projects proposed by Groundwater Sustainability Agencies in California to comply with the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The dataset includes projects proposed in the Groundwater Sustainability Plans submitted in 2020 for critically-overdrafted basins.

The Groundwater Sustainability Plans were accessed from https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsp/all. From each GSP’s list of proposed “Projects and Management Actions”, we identified all projects that specifically mentioned “recharge” in the name or text description. Upon review of the full text description, projects that did not directly aim to achieve recharge (whether directly or in lieu) were dropped. The full text descriptions for all remaining projects are provided in the dataset.