It’s All About Balance: Ensuring Equilibrium in the Santa Clara River Valley East Groundwater Subbasin
Join us for a discussion and provide input on plans to sustain our groundwater supplies.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
4-6 p.m.
Resources
It’s All About Balance: Ensuring Equilibrium
Defines the sources and uses of water in an area and ensures they are in balance.
A water budget takes into account:
- Supplies (groundwater, imported, recycled)
- Demands (municipal, institutional, industrial, agricultural consumption)
- Basin Water Balance Components
- Changes in storage over time
- Population growth
- Land use (urban, agricultural)
- Hydrologic conditions (rainfall, streamflow, groundwater levels)
- Climate change