Water Utility Turns To State-Of-The-Art UV Technology To Help Address Drought

The 2013 year was the driest in recorded history with many areas of the San Joaquin Valley reporting groundwater levels more than 100 feet below previous historical lows.  Groundwater provides approximately 60% of California's water supply in a dry year and 40% in an average year.  Some municipalities in Northern California are reporting as little as 5% of water capacity and California Governor Jerry Brown recently issued his second drought emergency declaration of the year.  Bluefield Research reported that on April 30th, 2014, the California Department of Water Resources released a report with an analysis of 5,400 groundwater wells across the state having unprecedented declines in water levels.