Marin, Sonoma to create groundwater storage banks for future droughts
North Bay water suppliers are partnering to create what would essentially be a water banking system to draw from during times of drought – and replenish when supplies are ample. The Sonoma Water agency has already begun the work to bring three existing wells in the Santa Rosa Plain online to supply another source of water to Marin and its other customers in response to the drought. The agency has reactivated these wells for every drought since 1977, but now plans to upgrade them for the first time to allow water to be injected back into them.
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