Discussion of “Water quality problems in California”

Abstract

As the authors point out, the major unsolved problem in California is: How can the perpetual usability of ground‐water basins as reservoirs for fresh water storage be assured? This implies that the ground‐water basins, when used for storage of surplus surface waters, must be alternately emptied and filled, and that an economical method to accomplish this must be devised. If these requirements cannot be met, the fundamental conclusion, “… that the State's water resources … may be adequately regulated … to meet its probable water requirements without importation of water from a source outside the State of California …” may be seriously in error.