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San Diego: Persistent pollutant shuts down groundwater wells

Posted by: Maven on February 25, 2010 at 6:25 am

From San Diego’s Channel 10 News:

“A deep water monitoring well is being drilled this month in Chula Vista. When it is complete, it will tell us more about a water resource we’ve ignored for years: groundwater. Even though San Diego does not have a lot of groundwater, spending millions to find it and map it is now considered a high priority and an important investment.

“We’ll be able to develop concepts of what the geology looks like, how the layers of geology are structured, how the groundwater flows through those layers, where is the groundwater fresh, where is the groundwater saline,” said Wes Danskin, a research hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey.

Danskin hopes to finish up the groundwater research project in San Diego within a couple years. But finding the water is only half the battle. Making it drinkable is the other challenge. … “

Read more from San Diego’s Channel 10 by clicking here.

February 25, 2010 · Filed Under San Diego

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