Indio preparing it’s own water plan, while some question why
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 11, 2008 at 1:24 pmFrom MyDesert.com:
Indio is creating a water plan that will help the city ensure a reliable water source into the future. At the same time though, the Coachella Valley Water District, with other valley water agencies including the Indio Water Authority, plans to develop an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan that addresses dissipation of the local water supply and the uncertainty of outside sources.
Urban development has contributed to a groundwater overdraft - the water pumped out of the sub-basin exceeds the amount of water recharged, or put back into it. The groundwater from a huge aquifer deep in the ground that runs the length of the valley is the city and valley’s primary source for water.
“We’re deeply concerned about that,” said Jim Smith, the city’s public works director. “I’m surprised that the Coachella Valley Water District and Desert Water Agency have not put forward an integrated plan for the valley.”
Steve Robbins, general manager of CVWD, said Friday that the valley does have a water plan, the Coachella Valley Water Management Plan of 2002, which outlines water management for the entire valley.
He questioned why Indio was preparing a water resources plan.
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