Drought

State laws hamper flood flow storage but one San Joaquin Valley water district cut through the red tape. Can others follow?

It seems like such a no brainer: Grab the floodwater inundating California right now and shove it into our dried up aquifers for later use. But water plus California never equals simple. Yes, farmers and water districts can, legally, grab water from the state’s overflowing rivers, park it on their land and it will recharge […]

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