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Santa Rosa Plain groundwater management study to start

Posted by: Maven on January 13, 2010 at 8:41 am

From the North Bay Business Journal:

“On Jan. 12 the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Water Agency took an important step forward on a project to address groundwater issues in the Santa Rosa Plain.

A work plan unanimously approved by the board allows SCWA, in collaboration with stakeholders, to begin preliminary planning and education on groundwater management in the Santa Rosa Plain. The board’s action is the continuation of a process that began in 2005 when a study of the groundwater basin was initiated. The study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, will be complete in December 2010 and published in the early 2011.

A stakeholder assessment conducted by the nonprofit Center for Collaborative Policy (a program of California State University, Sacramento), found people would benefit from a better technical understanding of groundwater issues and have misperceptions of groundwater management and planning. The Center conducted in-depth interviews of 55 stakeholders representing 37 organizations. … “

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January 13, 2010 · Filed Under Groundwater, Northern California

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