Water Trickles Into Thirsty Desert
LA QUINTA – State lawmakers are still working on a deal to improve California’s aging and substandard water system.
But it’s already being done here in the desert.
The Coachella Valley Water District has unveiled its third major ground water replenishment facility,named after a former water district General Manager Thomas Levy.
In his 30 years with the water districthe played a big role in seeing this replenishment center built.
Water from the Colorado River will percolate into the desert’s natural aquiferfrom 39 ponds.
“We’re in a state of overdraft which means we pump more water out than is replenished,” said Levy.”Through this facility we’re adding water in to insure that the water levels and the water will be here for the future.”
The new facility is supposed to replenish the aquifer with enough water for 40,000 people.
