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Few Central Valley plans currently include an evaluation of how many wells could fail, authors said. ... as well as 21% of the 5,259 wells that supply public water systems — a burden that’s ...
A recent study estimated that nearly 1.5 million people in the Central Valley rely on public water systems that may have moderate or high levels of arsenic. Elevated nitrate levels may affect more ...
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.
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]
The San Joaquin Valley for example hosts one third of California's failing water systems, [21] and supplies water to one third of the state's residents with high poverty rates. [22] Federally recognized Tribal water systems included in the SWRCB' SAFER Drinking Program face data insufficiency for at-risk water system assessment. [23]
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A 2008 national survey of households in 36,038 wards found only 18% of the population with a water supply are served by well functioning water points/ systems; 39% are served by points that need minor repair, 12% by points that need major repair, 21% by points that need rehabilitation, 9% by points that need reconstruction, and 1.6% by points ...
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