A state water quality agency hopes to tackle a problem as old as civilization itself – salt build up from irrigation. The Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) is working with local water managers and using state-of-the-art engineering software to understand how groundwater moves through the western Kings and Delta-Mendota subbasins as part of a long-term salt study. The salt study, which began in 2022, aims to develop a Central Valley-wide plan to manage salinity, focusing first on the Kings and Delta-Mendota subbasins. … The salt study is still laying the groundwork to understand the complex San Joaquin Valley watershed and aquifer system. CV-SALTS will begin developing water and salt management plans by 2026 and develop a prioritization plan by 2028.

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