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From:Paulsen, Shaina
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Cook, Robin;Hironimus, Patrizia;
Kimmelshue, Tod;Lucero, Debra;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Reaster, Kayla;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;
Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug
Cc:Buck, Christina;Hatcher, Casey
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Please distribute to all Supervisors: 30 year study - Aquifers in drought
Date:Monday, October 4, 2021 11:25:57 AM
Please see Board Correspondence below.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: Mary Kay Benson <mkbe.sparkles3@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 10:18 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Please distribute to all Supervisors: 30 year study - Aquifers in drought - damages drinking
water
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"Plain Language Summary
It has been established that wells are at risk to run dry when groundwater levels
decline during drought, but associated impacts to water quality are poorly understood.
This study examined 30 yr of data from California's Central Valley to find dramatic
groundwater-level declines during drought were associated with worsening
groundwater quality. This likely happens because increased pumping during drought
can draw shallow, contaminated groundwater to depths commonly tapped by public
drinking-water wells. This is the first study of its kind to show direct linkages between
drought and groundwater quality at such a broad spatial scale."
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL094398
Research Letter
Open Access
Critical Aquifer Overdraft Accelerates
Degradation of Groundwater Quality in
California's Central Valley During
Drought
In Solidarity,
Mary Kay Benson
350 Butte County
and
North State Shelter Team