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In the San Joaquin Valley, agricultural water agencies have been under growing pressure from state regulators to curb chronic overpumping of groundwater, which has led to declining aquifer levels ...
The San Joaquin Valley of California has seen environmental issues arise from agricultural production, industrial processing, and the region's use as a transportation corridor, experiencing some of the nation’s worst air quality, high rates of childhood asthma, and contaminated drinking water. [1] Geographically, the San Joaquin Valley ...
Unknown to the public, the initial water would be used to irrigate the San Fernando Valley to the north, which was not at the time a part of the city. [2]: 74–76 [11]: 152 [12] From a hydrological point of view, the San Fernando Valley was ideal: its aquifer could serve as free water storage without evaporation.
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The federal government and some 10 water districts are ponying up $1.1 billion to expand California’s largest reservoir south of the Delta. Their plan is to raise the dam at San Luis Reservoir ...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on January 29, 2014, by Rep. David Valadao (R-CA). [7] It was referred to the United States House Committee on Natural Resources. The bill was sponsored by the California Republican congressmen - all 15 of them. [1]
A criminal case unfolding in the San Joaquin Valley underscores how the federal government seems to have similar problems. Prosecutors say they uncovered a massive water theft that went on for 23 ...
During the 2011-2017 California drought, a record high drought, groundwater and its storage capabilities in the San Joaquin Valley saw a sharp decline. [26] From October 2011 to September 2015 measurements made on groundwater levels in the San Joaquin Valley's aquifers recorded a loss of 14 km 3 /year, a total of 56 km 3. [26]