Tag: water
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LOOKOUT: How some Pajaro Valley farms are being tapped to help solve California’s water crisis
Can agriculture, long considered a drain on the state’s water resources, help solve California’s water crisis? In the Pajaro Valley, some farmers are being paid to return stormwater to the ground. The effort is part of a joint project among local agencies, landowners and UC Santa Cruz to install groundwater recharge basins on some local…
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KBOO RADIO: EPA Finalizes Roll Back on Clean Water Rule
Alix Soliman 0:00 Today, the Environmental Protection Agency repealed a rule under the Clean Water Act that was intended to restrict agricultural runoff from polluting streams and wetlands. Known as the waters of the United States rule, or WOTUS, it was put in place by the Obama administration in 2015 to include ephemeral streams, which…
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