By JIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer, 02/19/2013
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Debate about the potential impact of California American Water's plans to draw source water for its desalination plant from the Salinas Valley groundwater basin has taken a new turn.
A new memo from a consultant hired by the state Public Utilities Commission contradicts conclusions about the basin in a report issued by an expert for an agricultural interest group. The report is at the core of concerns about the effect of additional pumping on the aquifer.
In a December letter to the state water board, Salinas Valley Water Coalition president Nancy Isakson cited a report from the coalition's hydrologist, Tim Durbin, that challenged Cal Am's assumptions regarding the nature of the basin and potential impact of pumping. Isakson dubbed a Geoscience model relied on by Cal Am "seriously flawed."
TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM
(From Timothy Durbin to the Salinas Valley
December 3, 2012
TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM No. 2
(From Timothy Durbin to the Salinas Valley
February 21-2013
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