Groundwater
Story
From LA Times - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
Blog
By Dan Charles
From NPR - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
(The following response is posted
to the above articles.)
Coalition response...Each area identified in the report produces a food supply for the local
community and some areas are providing food for others around the world. The
U.S. farmer produces enough food, on average, to feed 155 people. Farmers in
California's Central Valley have been concerned for years with the overdraft
situation of their water supplies from the aquifers. This concern was one
reason why Californians supported the construction of the State Water Project
and the federal Central Valley Project that delivered surface water to farms,
homes and businesses that stretch from the San Francisco east bay to San Diego.
Dependable surface water supplies
enabled farmers to turn off their irrigation pumps that lift water from the
aquifer to their fields. The water from the aquifer remains as an insurance
policy when years of drought diminish the supply of surface water. However,
environmental regulations that restrict water flowing through the Delta to
Central Valley farms and beyond have caused farmers to increase groundwater use
to keep their farms productive. The solution to much of California's groundwater
problem is to fix the surface water problem. Governor Brown's recent
announcement to move forward with water supply reliability and ecosystem
restoration projects will go a long way to improve the situation for
California's groundwater.
WATER SUPPLY
Story
From Imperial Valley Press - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
Story
From Hanford Sentinel - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
GROUNDWATER
Story
From ACWA - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
DELTA
Report
From Aquafornia - Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
Letter
From Sacramento Bee - Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From esanjoaquin
- Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012
COURTS
Blog
By Cassie N. Aw-yang
From Somach Simmons & Dunne - Tuesday, Aug. 7,
2012
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