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Antelope Valley concerned about future water supplies

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 30, 2007 at 5:55 pm

By ALISHA SEMCHUCK
Antelope Valley Press Staff Writer
PALMDALE

The Antelope Valley hasn’t been drained of all its groundwater – not yet.

A group representing water purveyors, agricultural users, builders and government agencies intends to keep the water table from running dry by implementing the Antelope Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, a comprehensive measure.

Approximately 50 stakeholders met Wednesday at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center to discuss declining water levels in the Valley and agree upon a set of goals that possibly would remedy the problem.

Ken Kirby, of Kirby Consulting Group Inc. in Northern California, led the meeting and emphasized the need for a commitment to specific objectives, plus the means to attain those goals by a target date. Before touching on potential solutions, he described factors that compounded the problem.

“Your demand is continuing to go up, but your supply is not,” Kirby told the crowd.

For the rest of the story from the Antelope Valley Press, click here.

A new company wants to start a water bank project in the Antelope Valley:

Western Development and Storage, a private Los Angeles-based firm, is finalizing the engineering design for a 1,500-acre “water bank,” in which water transported by the California Aqueduct would piped into manmade basins, soak into the ground and recharging the Valley’s underground water table.

For the full story, also from the Antelope Valley Press, click here.

April 30, 2007 · Filed Under General Water Issues, Water Banking

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