Water districts race to protect groundwater amid drought
Groundwater in the Sonoma Valley basin has declined approximately 900 acres of water per year from 2012 to 2018, fueled in part by the drought and a “general upward trend in groundwater use” … Streams and small ponds have dried up during stretches of drought in recent years. The largest declines in groundwater can be seen in the areas of the El Verano and Eighth Street East … where a deep aquifer is losing water quicker than other parts of the region. The deep aquifer is of concern because it takes longer to recharge than shallow ones.
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