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Hot Creek flows through the Long Valley Caldera in a volcanically active region of east-central California.
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2024 Groundwater Awareness Week: Celebrating Our Great Hidden Resource

March 15, 2024 | By Jennifer Clary
Groundwater is a huge part of California's climate adaptation plan, as hotter and more extreme weather will make our surface water supplies less reliable. Over the past two decades, a period that experts now consider a mega-drought, groundwater users pumped record amounts of groundwater, resulting in thousands of dry wells and severe land subsidence in areas of the state.
Imagine A Day Without Water
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Imagine a Day without Water

October 19, 2023 | By Jennifer Clary
The Human Right to Water, which has been California Law since 2012, says that “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.” Imagine a day without water – and support our fight to ensure that every Californian has access.
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Study Shows Vulnerable CA Communities Left Behind in Groundwater Sustainability Planning

July 19, 2023 | By Ngodoo Atume
For the past three years, Clean Water Action has played a leading role in assessing how groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state of California are considering and protecting vulnerable communities dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Key findings show that 63% of domestic users across the state are not protected by current sustainability plans.
Map of California Groundwater Sustainability Basins and Stakeholder Engagement
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