Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting trainee
Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting traineeResidents can apply for well testing online or call/email for help through management zone websites.
Management zones are based on groundwater subbasins including the Turlock, Modesto, Chowchilla, Kaweah, Tule and Kings subbasins. To find out if you live within a management zone, you can enter your address into THIS INTERACTIVE MAP.
Residents of Tulock/Modesto subbasins, which generally includes western Stanislaus County, can apply HERE, call (209) 750-3867 or email: contact@valleywaterc.org
Residents of Chowchilla subbasin, which generally includes western Madera County, can apply HERE, call (559) 373-7399 or email: chowchilladrinkingwater@gmail.com
Residents of Kings subbasin, which generally includes central Fresno and eastern Kings Counties, can apply HERE, call (559) 549-674 or email: info@kingswateralliance.org
Residents of Kaweah subbasin, which generally includes northwestern Tulare County, can apply HERE, call (559) 325-4463 or email: admin@kaweahwater.org
Residents of Tule subbasin, which generally includes southwestern Tulare County, can apply HERE, call (559) 429-6970 or email: admin@TuleMZ.com
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The state is finally beginning to address a decades-long problem of dangerous drinking water in parts of the San Joaquin Valley under a new “management zone” program but hardly anyone is paying attention.
Even the prospect of free water testing and free water hasn’t garnered much enthusiasm.
Regardless of the lackluster response, program managers will offer free nitrate testing for domestic well owners starting May 7. If the water has nitrate above the safe level,
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