Report recommended less groundwater pumping near coast, more pumping from inland sources in Salinas Valley, California
12/18/2014 4:03:23 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Monterey County, CA
San Benito County, CA
Start Date: 12/16/2014
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A Salinas Valley groundwater basin report recommended that pumping be shifted away from the coast to deeper underground water sources to reduce seawater intrusion worsened by drought. Agricultural interest groups opposed the recommendation. While seawater intrusion changed little during 2011-13, it seems to have penetrated further inland in 2014. The report was researched and prepared by Brown and Caldwell, a firm based in Sunnyvale.
San Jose Mercury News (Calif.), Dec. 17, 2014
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