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[3] [4] As a result, investment into groundwater recharge basins has been steadily increasing in recent years. Groundwater projects are planned to provide an increase of 500,000 acre-feet annually to the water supply. [5] With 2023 being an extreme wet year, California achieved a record-setting 8.7 million acre-feet of groundwater to aquifers. [6]
Las Posas Valley groundwater basin: 4-8 Medium 42,200 750 Simi Valley groundwater basin: 4-9 12,100 394 Conejo Valley groundwater basin: 4-10 28,900 1,000 100 Coastal Plain of Los Angeles groundwater basin [5] 4-11 High San Fernando Valley groundwater basin: 4-12 High 145,000 3,240 1,220 San Gabriel Valley groundwater basin: 4-13 Medium 154,000 ...
Approximately 85% of water used in California by farmers and residents today is from groundwater, with 6 million Californians relying solely on this resource. [2] The Central Valley is a big user of groundwater for agricultural purposes which supplies a large portion of food for not only California, but for the rest of the United States as well. [3]
The state groundwater law, which was signed nearly 10 years ago, requires local agencies in many areas to develop groundwater plans and curb overpumping by 2040.
The latest drought, from 2020 through 2022, set a record as California’s driest three-year period on record, and state data show more than 2,600 dry wells were reported during that time.
Excessive groundwater pumping has long been depleting aquifers in California's Central Valley. Now, scientists say the depletion is accelerating. 'Full-on crisis': Groundwater in California's ...
Basin location [4] Basin size [4] Basin map 180701 Ventura–San Gabriel Coastal water resource basin: The drainage into the Pacific Ocean from the Rincon Creek Basin boundary to and including the San Gabriel River Basin. [5] Ventura County, Los Angeles County: 4,530 sq mi (11,700 km 2) HUC180201: 180702 Santa Ana water resource basin
After massive downpours flooded California’s rivers and packed mountains with snow, the state reported Monday the first increase in groundwater supplies in four years. The state saw 4.1 million ...