Judge Approves Groundwater Storage Increases for Local Chino Basin Rights Holders
"Judge Reichert's decision will result in tremendous advantages for the residents and businesses in our region, particularly as the state confronts another serious drought and groundwater storage takes on added significance," said Jim Curatalo, Chairman of the Chino Basin Watermaster Board, which oversees management of the basin.
- "Judge Reichert's decision will result in tremendous advantages for the residents and businesses in our region, particularly as the state confronts another serious drought and groundwater storage takes on added significance," said Jim Curatalo, Chairman of the Chino Basin Watermaster Board, which oversees management of the basin.
- "The local Chino Basin pumpers stood to lose the banked water, which is enough to serve about 200,000 people for a year."
- The Chino Basin supplies water for people from Pomona east to Fontana and from Rancho Cucamonga south to Chino, Eastvale and Jurupa.
- The new agreement approved by Judge Reichert increases approved storage to 700,000 acre-feet, and makes Chino Basin one of the largest groundwater banks in the state.