Managing water supplies while maintaining the environmental values in our area requires balancing of these needs.  There is a path forward.  We have prepared a Groundwater Sustainability Plan that achieves a balance.  It uses state of the art computer modeling, physical monitoring that show how to preserves access to groundwater while protecting the environment along the Santa Clara River. 

As climate change occurs, our water supply infrastructure will be challenged with longer droughts and the decline in snow pack will mean higher winter flows in rivers.  Adapting to these challenges we’ll need to: