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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
Monterey County does not receive any water allocations from state programs such as the State Water Project or Central Valley Project. <ref name= "State Water Project Facilities"> Department of Water Resources [https://water.ca.gov/About/Facilities California State Water Delivery Project] Updated 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020. </ref> and primarily receives water from the [[Carmel Watershed|Carmel River alluvial aquifer]] and the [[Seaside Groundwater Basin]]. With a growing population and a booming agricultural industry nicknamed “The Salad Bowl of America,” the region has a high annual demand for water usage.  
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Two major issues for the Central Coast of California are water supply and water scarcity exemplified by the [[CalAm Use of Carmel River Groundwater Basin]]. This primary purpose of this page is to provide a partial list of water supply projects that have addressed these challenges.
  
These issues of water scarcity are attributed to more demand for water than supply, and there are currently water recycling programs in place such as the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP), Monterey One Water (M1W), and Pure Water Monterey (PWM). Although Monterey County has experienced continuing seawater intrusion since the 1940s, this was not the case before widespread civilization and industry. The groundwater table used to be high enough that there was a “freshwater bubble,” in the shallow coastal waters of Monterey Bay. Since then, technology for groundwater extraction has improved to meet the needs of residential and industrial interests.  
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==Existing Water Supply Projects<ref name="North Monterey County Drought Contingency Plan"> Monterey Peninsula Water Management District [https://totalwatermanagement.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/North-Monterey-County-DCP-Final-March-2019.pdf North Monterey County Drought Contingency Plan] Published March 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020. </ref> ==
  
The Carmel River aquifer is the main source of water supply for the Peninsula, as well as supplementation by the Seaside basin, and other sub-basins. Since 1999, the Carmel River received a notorious listing of one of North America’s 10 most endangered rivers. There has been a history of water scarcity in Monterey County since the mid-1900s, and in the last 10 years, there have been two novel and conflicting solutions put forward to address future water supply: a new desalination plant in Marina (the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project), and an expansion of existing water recycling programs (Pure Water Monterey Expansion project).
 
 
==Existing Water Supply Projects== <ref name="North Monterey County Drought Contingency Plan"> Monterey Peninsula Water Management District [https://totalwatermanagement.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/North-Monterey-County-DCP-Final-March-2019.pdf North Monterey County Drought Contingency Plan] Published March 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020. </ref>
 
 
* Groundwater
 
** Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin
 
** Seaside Groundwater Basin 
 
 
* Recyled Water  
 
* Recyled Water  
** Salinas Valley Reclamation Project/[[Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP)]]  
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** [[Salinas Valley Reclamation Project| Salinas Valley Reclamation Plant]]/[[Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP)]] Established 1995.
** [[Pure Water Monterey: A Groundwater Replenishment Project|Pure Water Monterey]]  
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** [[Pure Water Monterey: A Groundwater Replenishment Project|Pure Water Monterey]] Established 2010.
** Recycled Water Element of the Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project (RUWAP)
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** Recycled Water Element of the [[Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project (RUWAP)]] 2002-2020.
 
* Surface Water  
 
* Surface Water  
** Carmel River Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project (ASR Project)
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** [[Seaside Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)| Carmel River Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project (ASR Project)]] 1996-2013.
** Carmel Valley Alluvial Aquifer
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** [[Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF)]] 2010-present.
** [[Salinas River Diversion Facility (SRDF)]]  
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** [[Nacimiento Dam]] Established 1957, [[San Antonio Dam]] Established 1967, and [[Interlake Tunnel]] 2014-present.
** [[Nacimiento Dam]], [[San Antonio Dam]], and [[Interlake Tunnel]]
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* Desalination  
 
* Desalination  
** Sand City Desalination  
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** [[Sand City]], city located in Monterey County, California [[Desalination in the Central Coast Region| Desalination]] 2010-present.
** [[Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP)]] and Marina Coast Water District Desalination
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** [[Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP)]] 2012-present and [[Marina Coast Water District (MCWD)| Marina Coast Water District (Established 1960)]] [[Desalination in the Central Coast Region| Desalination (Proposed 2019)]]
  
 
==Additional Links==
 
==Additional Links==

Latest revision as of 15:10, 8 April 2020

A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

The Salinas River, as visible from San Ardo in southern Monterey County.
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Introduction

Two major issues for the Central Coast of California are water supply and water scarcity exemplified by the CalAm Use of Carmel River Groundwater Basin. This primary purpose of this page is to provide a partial list of water supply projects that have addressed these challenges.

Existing Water Supply Projects[2]

Additional Links

References

  1. Salinas River. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory photo: Salinas River Updated May 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. Monterey Peninsula Water Management District North Monterey County Drought Contingency Plan Published March 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

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