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An Aquifer Betrayed: The Monterey Desalinization Project At Odds With California Water Law, Paul Stanton Kibel
An Aquifer Betrayed: The Monterey Desalinization Project At Odds With California Water Law, Paul Stanton Kibel
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The California American Water Company's Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (Cal-Am Project) is a proposed desalinization facility in Monterey County that was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in September 2018. The Cal- Am Project would treat water pumped from inland coastal groundwater aquifers-the Dune Sand Aquifer and the 180-Foot Aquifer-rather than water pumped directly from the ocean. The Cal-Am Project's pumping of these coastal aquifers is expected to result in increased seawater intrusion in groundwater.
The Marina Coast Water District and the City of Marina filed petitions with the California Supreme Court alleging violations of the California …
Rivers That Depend On Aquifers: Drafting Gma Groundwater Plans With Fisheries In Mind, Paul Stanton Kibel, Julie Gantenbein
Rivers That Depend On Aquifers: Drafting Gma Groundwater Plans With Fisheries In Mind, Paul Stanton Kibel, Julie Gantenbein
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This guidebook covers the requirements of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) that apply to interconnected groundwater and surface water and the impacts of groundwater pumping on fisheries.
This handbook is also available at: https://ggucuel.org/.