http://aquafornia.com/archives/8889 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:52 -0800 hourly 1 http://aquafornia.com/archives/8889/comment-page-1#comment-14863 dfb Sun, 24 May 2009 08:58:32 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=8889#comment-14863 This ruling is likely to go up the chain to the Cal Supreme Court and will ultimately need to be sorted out by the legislature. Great Oaks and other water users are extracting water from an aquifer that has a history of depletion and land subsistence. If the district were not refilling the aquifer, those companies and others who rely on groundwater would deplete the aquifer faster than it can be refilled and it would subside or be invaded with salt water from the bay. In other words, they are pumping ground water that belongs to the district and should pay for it. This ruling is likely to go up the chain to the Cal Supreme Court and will ultimately need to be sorted out by the legislature. Great Oaks and other water users are extracting water from an aquifer that has a history of depletion and land subsistence. If the district were not refilling the aquifer, those companies and others who rely on groundwater would deplete the aquifer faster than it can be refilled and it would subside or be invaded with salt water from the bay. In other words, they are pumping ground water that belongs to the district and should pay for it.

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