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Stimulus funds to pump more water

Posted by: Maven on December 25, 2009 at 9:10 am

From the Capital Press:

“As a new study points out the dire condition of California’s aquifers, farmers will pump more ground water to cope with three years of drought.

USDA is funneling $40 million to help increase the pumping of well water in the Central Valley.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced in July the department would send emergency drought aid from President Barack Obama’s stimulus package to drill and renovate up to 135 wells, a number that has since decreased.

Meanwhile, California’s Department of Water Resources in early December projected an allocation of 5 percent of requested deliveries to water contractors next year. It was the lowest projection since 1993, when the state predicted a 10 percent allocation. … “

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December 25, 2009 · Filed Under Groundwater

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