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California to use floodwaters to replenish depleted aquifer

LOS ANGELES With torrential rains drenching California, state water regulators have endorsed a plan to divert floodwaters from the San Joaquin River to replenish groundwater that has been depleted by heavy agricultural pumping during three years of record drought.

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California will use floodwater to recharge groundwater

California has approved a plan to use more than 600,000 acre-feet of floodwaters to replenish groundwater and supply wildlife refuges in the Central Valley.

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Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters
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Parched California Misses a Chance to Store More Rain Underground

Torrential rains could have helped to replenish depleted aquifers, but some say state bureaucracy, designed to distribute water fairly, has stood in the way.

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California may not have the water to fill its largest reservoir

A $4 billion plan would flood miles of land and create California’s first major reservoir in 50 years. But there may not be enough water to fill it.

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