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Sutter County makes friends with water; Entities in county selling supplies to state bank

Posted by: Maven on May 20, 2009 at 6:13 am

From the Marysville Appeal Democrat:

Sutter County supervisors voiced confidence Tuesday night that farmers and water districts will continue to be good groundwater stewards.

The Department of Water Resources’ Drought Water Bank is buying water for $275 per acre-foot from willing water rights holders upstream of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The water would then be transferred to entities suffering water shortages. “We are trying to help our brothers down in the Central Valley,” said Supervisor James Gallagher. “We are building goodwill, and that goodwill will be very important in the future.”

In giving up some of the surface water they would otherwise use, the rights holders would likely use groundwater in lieu of surface water. Other solutions include not growing crops or substituting less water-intensive crops to save on surface water usage.

The farmers and water districts can be trusted to use the groundwater responsibly because they are stewards of the groundwater, said Brad Arnold, manger of South Sutter Water District. “They rely on that for their livelihood and for their children’s children,” he said.

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May 20, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California, Water Banking

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