Opinion: Newsom’s welcome call for abundance rather than scarcity on water policy
At first glance, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new water supply strategy might suggest the projects he is proposing will create about 7 million acre-feet of new water, but a closer reading shows that’s not quite true. If every proposed storage facility is built, and the proposed water recycling and desalination projects are also eventually completed, Newsom’s water supply strategy will add about half that much.
“So much of the water conversation in this state has been about conservation, a scarcity mindset,” Newsom said as he introduced the plan on Aug. 11. “That’s a relatively small component of the overall strategy we are introducing here today. Now, we are focusing on creating more water.” Reservoirs are never completely emptied, and — especially in the case of in-stream reservoirs — they are rarely filled to capacity. As for below-ground storage, aquifers can only fill slowly, through large, spreading basins that capture floodwater in rural areas or via percolation ponds in urban areas. This means water can only be withdrawn at the rate at which water can be injected into them.
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