Re: California Drought
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:12 am
The fight over groundwater rights in the California desert
Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) will increase the cost of water and impose restrictions which could put some people out of business. How quickly all this happens is paramount since a gradual implementation is easier to deal with than just suddenly trying to do everything all at once.
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/joe-mathews-california-water-politics-ridgecrest
Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) will increase the cost of water and impose restrictions which could put some people out of business. How quickly all this happens is paramount since a gradual implementation is easier to deal with than just suddenly trying to do everything all at once.
At the heart of this conflict in the desert is, ironically, the U.S. Navy. The Indian Wells Valley is home to the Navy’s largest single landholding, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, covering 1.1 million acres, larger than Rhode Island. Ridgecrest, the valley’s biggest, is a military town, owing its economy and higher education levels to the presence of this research and development installation.
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/joe-mathews-california-water-politics-ridgecrest