If we store water underground, who will track how much people use? If every person had their own well that tapped into the aquifer, wouldn that lead to even greater waste?
California is a bit odd in that it really doesn’t control groundwater use. But many areas, especially in Southern California have their aquifers “adjudicated.” All the interested parties get together and agree on who can use how much water and how to monitor that. Underground storage plans could include such agreements. When Friends of the River calls for groundwater storage as one solution to our water needs, we are not advocating for the mining of natural groundwater for export to other areas. This is a distinct threat in the Sacramento Valley, where state water officials want to pump plentiful groundwater and export the water south.
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- If we store water underground, who will track how much people use? If every person had their own well that tapped into the aquifer, wouldn that lead to even greater waste?
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