Index: wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py
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diff -u -rf33154035afcaa101c5a30594b9c86a4fe9f61ef -r7a07bfcf366e6f498e2e0d4036a15240c3260476
--- wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py	(.../groundwater.py)	(revision f33154035afcaa101c5a30594b9c86a4fe9f61ef)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/pcrglobwb/groundwater.py	(.../groundwater.py)	(revision 7a07bfcf366e6f498e2e0d4036a15240c3260476)
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
         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
@@ -733,7 +736,7 @@
                 configget(iniItems, "groundwaterOptions", "storGroundwaterIni", "0.0"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
             self.avgAbstraction = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -744,7 +747,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
             self.avgAllocation = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -755,7 +758,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
             self.avgAllocationShort = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -766,7 +769,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
             self.avgNonFossilAllocation = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -777,7 +780,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
             self.avgNonFossilAllocationShort = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(
@@ -788,7 +791,7 @@
                 ),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
 
             # additional initial conditions (needed ONLY for the online coupling between PCR-GLOBWB and MODFLOW))
@@ -802,15 +805,15 @@
                     iniItems.get("groundwaterOptions", "relativeGroundwaterHeadIni"),
                     self.cloneMap,
                     self.tmpDir,
-                    self.inputDir,
+                    self.stateDir,
                 )
             else:
                 self.relativeGroundwaterHead = self.storGroundwater / self.specificYield
             self.baseflow = vos.readPCRmapClone(
                 configget(iniItems, "groundwaterOptions", "baseflowIni", "0.0"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
 
         else:  # during/after spinUp
@@ -862,7 +865,7 @@
                 iniItems.get("groundwaterOptions", "storGroundwaterFossilIni"),
                 self.cloneMap,
                 self.tmpDir,
-                self.inputDir,
+                self.stateDir,
             )
         #
         if (