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A worker with H&B Drilling & Sons places gravel around a newly drilled 240-foot water well in unincorporated Fresno County last February. Researchers found that plans for managing groundwater in ...
Contaminated groundwater in the Central Valley of California is a growing problem due to contamination and overuse. [1] This problem is compounded by the overdrafting of underground aquifers. [1] nitrates are the most abundant pollutants in the Central Valley due to the copious amounts of agricultural runoff from the farms. [2]
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Many CVP water users are represented by the Central Valley Project Water Association. In addition to water storage and regulation, the system has a hydroelectric capacity of over 2,000 megawatts , and provides recreation and flood control with its twenty dams and reservoirs.
Speakers representing water districts, agricultural and environmental interests discuss topics including water supply, water quality, environmental restoration, flood management, groundwater and water conservation. [17] Tours include the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta, [18] the Lower Colorado River, California's Central Valley [19] and the San ...
Some experts worry the growth of failing Central Valley water systems offers a glimpse into California's future as climate change, drought, groundwater overpumping, aging infrastructure and ...
It would relieve irrigation water demand and groundwater overdraft in the Central Valley and boost the water supply for Southern California. Through the latter it would allow for other Southwestern states—Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah—as well as Mexico to receive an increased share of the waters of the Colorado River.
The struggle for safe drinking water in the Central Valley has been around for generations. Even the first settlers to the region had to deal with water quality issues since the Valley is uniquely ...