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More NorCal and California Aquifer
maps and reports
Notice the map to the right. Click to enlarge it. The
Mokelumnke River System used
to be part of the flow into the San Francisco Bay. Folsom runoff
used to be
part of the flow into the San Francisco Bay. In fact, the gage for
counting waterflow INTO the Sacramento River system is placed north of
Folsom to measure inflow into Folsom. With the Folsom south
canal, more
fresh water is diverted into the Mokelumnke/American River system which
then
is exported...taking the fresh water away from
the NorCal Aquifers in and around
the Bay and Delta. However, that same water is counted as if
flowing in the Sacramento River System. NorCal groundwater will not be recharged
adequately PLUS
we will have to deal with the extra salinity and selenium from the West
side of the
San Joaquin Valley runoff. If you live in an area that relies on
WELL WATER, this is going to impact you by destroying the quality of
your well water, or by increasing your cost to treat your own water all
because the very big agribusinesses and developers of other areas of the
state want your NorCal fresh water.
If you look at the
California 2035 Transportation Plan which discourages travel to and
living in small towns, perhaps the real reason for that plan is not gas
use reduction but planning for the drying-up of NorCal private residence
wells in areas where municipal water systems are not available?
Add to that the "fracking" apparently going on in the Delta to extract
natural gas, which may corrupt or affect the wells in the Delta, and the
huge push to make the Delta into an environment it never was in the past
starts to make more sense. But it doesn't make it right.
Review the maps and graphics below, or click on the links to pdfs of
related reports.
Or go back to the first
series of aquifer maps and see the video summary |
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Issues/water-issues/aquifers/1-4 Michael Dettinger.pdf
2007DeltaVisionRecommendationsJohnKirlinMarch708.pdf
Issues/water-issues/aquifers/2007-groundwater.pdf
Issues/water-issues/aquifers/baywaterposter-40yrs.pdf
Issues/water-issues/aquifers/dwr_flows_salinity010611.pdf
Issues/water-issues/aquifers/groundwater-changes.pdf
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