Flood Water Flowing Recharge Now!
Kevin Assemi
Farmer, AgTech, Water & Director Westlands Water District- Leading with Data & Rooted in Relationships
Lots of Flood Water flowing & more coming with all these warm storms. I am working diligently with our great staff at Westlands to get water?to recharge for our growers and get ready for spill at San Luis Reservoir. A lot to do still but working hard. Need the input and help of growers and the public to help make this a priority, we only get flood years once every 5-7 years so this is very important so growers can have water to pump and balance our basin with SGMA. Thank you to San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority, Friant Water Authority and Friant Districts, and Exchange Contractors, and Kings River Water, and the many others that are working together cooperatively to get these things done. We need to work together, work with all stakeholders from all sides, lets make this year count and not waste the water!
Btw, does anyone have a better groundwater mapping site than https://sgma.water.ca.gov/CalGWLive/ ? Assuming each water district would have a more accurate picture?
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1 年Kevin-I think in Westlands we need to give everyone the green light to be able to over irrigate. I’m East and West of five points and the district doesn’t allow for above ground recharge only ASR (Aquifer Storage Recovery). I have other ground that’s further West near Firebaugh that I can recharge. ASR isn’t going to solve this immediate opportunity we have in front of us, as it can’t take big volumes of water at once. Doesn’t matter what part of the district you’re in. We need to cut the red tape, forget what type of soil it is, and start the water. Another option the district has thousand of acres of fallowed ground. We could build flood checks and flood. So over irrigating and building smaller checks that we can quickly get done will be our quickest way of taking this water.
Deciduous Category Director at Homegrown Organic Farms
1 年We need more, much more. ??
Farmer, AgTech, Water & Director Westlands Water District- Leading with Data & Rooted in Relationships
1 年Some forecast on coming rain amounts: https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/westlands-water-district_how-much-rain-is-expected-during-this-weeks-activity-7039653586804383744-SmfC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios