By Donna Jones - Sentinel staff writer
Put one in the win column for the beleaguered Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency.
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick on Tuesday threw out a challenge to an $80 pumping fee critical to the agency's survival.
The agency was founded in 1984 to manage the groundwater basin that forms the primary source of water for agricultural and residential use in the Pajaro Valley. The groundwater basin is in overdraft, meaning more water is being taken out each year than can be replenished. As a result, sea water has infiltrated underground fresh water supplies near the coast.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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