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Monte Vista Water District implements new injection wells to store water in local aquifer

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 14, 2008 at 7:24 am

From the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:

The Monte Vista Water District has a new type of well designed to better store water in the region’s Chino Basin underground aquifer even as the region’s supplies from Northern California have been limited.  The well, which injects imported water into the aquifer, will help the water district keep its share of the underground reservoir full for the future. The new injection wells, which would also be able to pump out water, will also help clean nitrate-rich water under the district’s eastern wells to be safe for the public to drink.

Half of the water used by the district is imported from Northern California and the other half is drawn from the Chino Basin, officials said.

Although water officials say there is enough water in the aquifer to support the Inland Empire, imported water from the north has been limited since last year’s court-ordered shutdown of pumps in the California Delta to protect a rare species of fish.  The reduced supply of imported water has forced Southern California water agencies to conserve and find other reliable sources of water.

“This is a proactive measure to improve our supply ability and reduce our reliance of imported water supplies from Northern California,” said Monte Vista Water District General Manager Mark Kinsey. “It’s all designed to allow us to better manage our local supplies through reliability.”

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February 14, 2008 · Filed Under Groundwater

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