Index: wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py
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diff -u -r58f139b2afc2424fc9f8796934878bd6e49c31de -r3d36073f779f6d9a5a34f6304d8e901b65061154
--- wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py	(.../groundwater.py)	(revision 58f139b2afc2424fc9f8796934878bd6e49c31de)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py	(.../groundwater.py)	(revision 3d36073f779f6d9a5a34f6304d8e901b65061154)
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@
         self.inputDir = os.path.join(
             os.path.abspath(Dir), staticmaps
         )  # iniItems.globalOptions['inputDir']
-        self.stateDir = os.path.join(
-            os.path.abspath(Dir), 'instate'
-        )
         self.landmask = landmask
 
         # configuration from the ini file
@@ -229,10 +226,14 @@
                 )
 
         # calculate the reccession coefficient based on the given parameters
-        if isinstance(self.recessionCoeff,type(None)) and\
-                          'recessionCoeff' not in iniItems._sections['groundwaterOptions']:
+        if (
+            isinstance(self.recessionCoeff, type(None))
+            and "recessionCoeff" not in iniItems._sections["groundwaterOptions"]
+        ):
 
-            msg = "Calculating the groundwater linear reccesion coefficient based on the given parameters."
+            msg = (
+                "Calculating the groundwater linear reccesion coefficient based on the given parameters."
+            )
             logger.info(msg)
 
             # reading the 'aquiferWidth' value from the landSurfaceOptions (slopeLength)
@@ -732,7 +733,7 @@
                 configget(iniItems, "groundwaterOptions", "storGroundwaterIni", "0.0"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
             self.avgAbstraction = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
             self.avgAllocation = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -754,7 +755,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
             self.avgAllocationShort = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
             self.avgNonFossilAllocation = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -776,7 +777,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
             self.avgNonFossilAllocationShort = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -787,7 +788,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
 
             # additional initial conditions (needed ONLY for the online coupling between PCR-GLOBWB and MODFLOW))
@@ -801,15 +802,15 @@
                     iniItems.get("groundwaterOptions", "relativeGroundwaterHeadIni"),
                     self.cloneMap,
                     self.tmpDir,
-                    self.stateDir,
+                    self.inputDir,
                 )
             else:
                 self.relativeGroundwaterHead = self.storGroundwater / self.specificYield
             self.baseflow = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(iniItems, "groundwaterOptions", "baseflowIni", "0.0"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
 
         else:  # during/after spinUp
@@ -861,7 +862,7 @@
                 iniItems.get("groundwaterOptions", "storGroundwaterFossilIni"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.stateDir,
+                self.inputDir,
             )
         #
         if (