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Consider receiving a report on recommendations for a comprehensive investigation of the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; and provide direction to Staff regarding implementation of the recommendations.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, and Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
a. Receive a report on recommendations for a comprehensive investigation of the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; and
b. Provide direction to Staff regarding implementation of the recommendations.
SUMMARY:
In October 2017, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Agency) released a report titled Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (Report). The Report included six recommendations, conceptualized as a comprehensive solution that - in conjunction with existing projects - would slow or halt seawater intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin.
Two of the recommendations in the Report pertain to the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (Deep Aquifers). At its October 16, 2017 meeting, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors directed staff to provide a scope and costs necessary to complete an investigation of the Deep Aquifers, as discussed in recommendation number six (#6) in the Report.
On March 9, 2018, the Agency convened a group of fifteen (15) individuals for the Deep Aquifers Roundtable Meeting. The meeting attendees consisted of professional colleagues with expertise in geology, hydrogeology, or related fields and with specific experience studying the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; the meeting also included Agency staff. The meeting objectives were to provide a scientifically-oriented forum in which to discuss available data on the Deep Aquifers...
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