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The Real Water Crisis: Soil and salinization in the Western San Joaquin Valley

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 2, 2009 at 8:47 am

To be honest, I can’t exactly figure out who this next document is written by, Victor Miguel Ponce, maybe? But I do know salinity is a growing problem in the Central Valley – check out Aquafornia’s article on salinity which resides on the Information Desk, Salinity in the Central Valley: A critical problem.

I found this link off of twitter, tweeted by twitterer camediacorps. It’s got references and some diagrams in the back. Check it out:

“Fresno: The small towns of Mendota and Firebaugh lie along the San Joaquin River. Dependent upon construction and agricultural jobs, the towns have been suffering greatly from recession and drought.

The towns are surrounded by once-fertile farmland, that was reclaimed for agriculture in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Much of the farmland is now fallowed, and landowners are clamoring for irrigation water to be restored. But the land has much more serious issues than the drought. The towns lie on the edge of 400,000 acres of increasingly salt-impaired soils in Western Fresno County, that are also experiencing severe groundwater contamination. …”

Continue reading in the embedded document below:

The Real Water Crisis: Soil and Groundwater Salinization in the Western San Joaquin Valley

November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Agriculture, San Joaquin Valley

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