[Mick]

high points:

1) Second straight year groundwater wasn't drawn down.
2) Aquifers gained 2.2 million acre-feet of water across dozens of groundwater basins tracked by the state.
3) That's about half of what can be held in CA's largest reservoir, Shasta.
4) Ground had been sinking most in the agricultural heartland, the San Joaquin Valley and in Tulare Lake area.
5) Groundwater regulation was introduced just 10 years ago.
6) Groundwater accounts for 40% of CA's normal consumption, but 60% in dry years.
7) CA water agencies collectively put 1.9 million acre feet back in aquifer recharge between 2023 and 2024. The year prior, 4.1 million acre feet were returned by CA to aquifers (2022/3) which resulted in a net 8.7 million acre feet returned.
8) Controversial project is the Delta Conveyance Project, $20 billion, 45 mile tunnel used to send North CA water to South CA. It is proposed, needed, and bitterly opposed.

[Mick]

high points:

1) Second straight year groundwater wasn't drawn down.
2) Aquifers gained 2.2 million acre-feet of water across dozens of groundwater basins tracked by the state.
3) That's about half of what can be held in CA's largest reservoir, Shasta.
4) Ground had been sinking most in the agricultural heartland, the San Joaquin Valley and in Tulare Lake area.
5) Groundwater regulation was introduced just 10 years ago.
6) Groundwater accounts for 40% of CA's normal consumption, but 60% in dry years.
7) CA water agencies collectively put 1.9 million acre feet back in aquifer recharge between 2023 and 2024. The year prior, 4.1 million acre feet were returned by CA to aquifers (2022/3) which resulted in a net 8.7 million acre feet returned.
8) Controversial project is the Delta Conveyance Project, $20 billion, 45 mile tunnel used to send North CA water to South CA. It is proposed, needed, and bitterly opposed.