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Principal aquifers of California. California aquifers, excerpted from map in Ground Water Atlas of the United States (USGS, 2000): Lavender is "other" for "rocks that generally yield less than 10 gal/min to wells"; dark green-blue (3) are the California coastal basin aquifers, bright-turquoise blue (7) is the Central Valley aquifer system, flat ...
Lawmakers’ recent approval of a climate bond is a welcome step in the right direction. As voters, we have a chance to approve this critical funding this fall when it appears on the November ...
Explore current groundwater conditions in this interactive map: Patterns emerged. Many of the communities most exposed to flooding were built along historical creeks or on top of filled-in wetlands.
A decade after signing of California groundwater law, major challenges remain. Ian James. September 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Water flows from a well to irrigate an orchard in Visalia in 2021. (Irfan ...
Water in California. Map of water storage and delivery facilities as well as major rivers and cities in the state of California. Central Valley Project systems are in red, and State Water Project in blue. California 's interconnected water system serves almost 40 million people and irrigates over 5,680,000 acres (2,300,000 ha) of farmland. [1]
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]
As California seeks to curb groundwater declines, farmers in one county fight back in court. Ian James. July 27, 2024 at 6:00 AM. A farm manager pauses while tending to young pistachio trees on a ...
California is not only the most populous state and largest agricultural producer in the United States, it is also the most biodiverse; [ 2 ] as such, drought in California can have a far reaching economic and environmental impacts. There are five major technical categories of drought: (1) Meteorological, (2) Agricultural, (3) Hydrological, (4 ...