WATER MANAGEMENT
Land Subsidence Spe- cialist Michelle Sneed in the San Joaquin Valley southwest of Mendota, California, at the approximate location of the max- imum subsidence in the United States.
winter rain-fed agriculture and ranching, solar energy installations, specific conver- sion to novel habitats that support wildlife, and seeking technology that can convert previously unusable but relatively widely available brackish groundwater sources to usable water.
To conclude, I mentioned SGMA is a journey. The law allows a term of 20 years from adoption of the sustainability plan to attain the goals. So, there is some time to make some adjustments and avoid the state assuming enforcement. But based on my career in water, 20 years goes by in the blink of an eye.
supply or recharge options to cover the existing uses. Other experts estimate as much as 1 million acres of land will have to come out of agricultural production in the Valley to achieve “sustainability.” In rec-
ognition of this likelihood, some ancillary analyses and planning are underway to determine how to mitigate the economic impacts of these changes. Some ideas include land fallowing, reverting land to
Sargeant J. Green is a water manage-
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