Understanding the future of groundwater sustainability is crucial for low-income and farmworker communities, and their local and state representatives
The negative impacts of falling groundwater levels drove California to adopt the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires consideration of climate change impacts when developing local Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs). Yet, many GSPs do not include readily accessible climate data in ways that actually protect communities.
This fact sheet describes how to responsibly include climate information in groundwater planning efforts to better understand the implications for low-income and farmworker communities.
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Protection Status of Groundwater Wells in San Joaquin Valley
The status of agricultural and domestic wells across different subbasins.
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