We cant know the details without having been part of that whole process. With regard to the fellow and the "Ponds"....
I think the positive thing we all can take away from it is Knowing your local codes and keeping a low profile if You are ... flying under the radar. Each state in the US has its own resource issues.... Pacific Northwest has quite a bit of rainfall.... even some rain forest... East coast because of their warmer ocean has alot of moisture All year long.
Northern California depends on Snow fall ... This winter we got 16 percent of what we normally get for the year. To give you an idea That Snow supplies water to irrigate the Central Valley and ship water out to Los Angeles..... And even some trickles down to the South end of Southern California. Falls short of Sa
The reserviors in San Diego County are wayy down.... we get our water for them from rain fall. 12 inches per year.... Last year we got 3. We also get water from the Colorado.
In Los Angeles they are giving out insentives if you rip out your lawn.
Water distribution from Northern California
Because of a very small fish that lives in the delta they have reduced the water distributed through Canals and pipe lines, if it becomes threatened.
San diego Imports its water from the Colorado River
The natural path of the Colorado follows the state line from the red dot.... When it meets the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) it falls short of the ocean by some feet. That little blue lake below the black line is the Salton Sea. That used to be a Dry salt lake.... but an accident during construction of the canal caused the lake to exist again. Happened around 1905.... BTW it has an odd ecosystem now.... Full of Tilapia. Saltier than the ocean by a bit.... LOL.
Here is a map of tested wells and well water in San Diego County
If you look at the map just on the Mexican Border where there is a red dot That marks an incredible Aquefer that goes on into Mexico... I am hearing the water incredible and in massive quantities.... The town in Mexico is called Tecate.... and a huge beer producing location. LOL.
My home is half way between the red dot on the border and the Green dot on the border to the right. My well is shallow for the area at 450 feet deep and goes dry if I pump water from it more than a half hour.
deb
