Coalinga, California expected to be out of water by December, but bought a small quantity of water
10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Coalinga, CA
Start Date: 10/13/2022
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The city of Coalinga has spent $1.138 million to purchase 600 acre-feet of water from Patterson Irrigation District for about $1,900 per acre-foot. Other water agencies were asking up to $5,000 per acre-foot.
Coalinga normally buys its water from the federal government at $130 per acre-foot, but the Bureau of Reclamation cut water supplies to most San Joaquin Valley irrigators, due to drought.
The Fresno Bee (Calif.), Oct 28, 2022
Coalinga could run out of water by December. Supplying the town with water from elsewhere will be very costly as officials estimated that water purchased from private vendors would increase the cost from $133,000 to $1.3 million for the same amount of water.
Drought also causes an illness called Valley Fever, which comes from breathing in soil fungus.
KSEE-TV NBC 24 Fresno (Calif.), Oct 13, 2022
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