AB 2304: X marks the spot: Groundwater mapping

Last year groundwater provided 40 percent of the state's water supplies and in some areas it provided 100 percent of the local supply. AB 2304 (Huffman) would have promoted the protection of the state's groundwater supplies by requiring, as a condition for receiving a state grant or loan, local water agencies to map the recharge areas as part of their groundwater management plans and to submit this information to local planning agencies. Dousing the bill this year has only delayed the pain for later.