A Cooperative Groundwater Management Plan was agreed to in 1995
resulting in a Groundwater Management Group consisting of
representatives of ten signatories. This Management
Group was established to accomplish several objectives including:
1. Limit additional
large scale pumping in areas that appear to be adversely
impacted.
2. Distribute
new groundwater extraction within the Valley in a manner that
will minimize adverse effects to existing groundwater conditions
(levels and quality), and maximize the long-term supply within
the Valley.
3. Aggressively
pursue the development and implementation of water conservation
policy and education programs.
4. Encourage
the use of treated water, reclaimed water,
recycled, gray and lower quality water where appropriate and
economically feasible.
5. Explore the potential for other types of water management
programs that are beneficial to the Valley.
6. Continue cooperative efforts to develop information
and data which contributes to further defining and better understanding
the groundwater resource in the Indian Wells Valley.
7. Develop an interagency management framework to implement
and enforce the objectives of this Plan.
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