The Orange County Water District is looking to replenish its groundwater basin for the second time this year as a winter storm brings rain to SoCal. While some communities in California find ...

Orange County, Calif., announced that 100 percent of the reclaimable water from its sanitation district is now being recycled and used to recharge its groundwater basin.

All told, the Orange County Water District has 1,100 acres of recharge basins which collectively absorb an average of 250,000 acre-feet of stormwater and runoff annually.

Similarly, the Orange County Groundwater Basin is the main source of drinking water for more than 2.5 million people in north and central Orange County, according to the Orange County Water District.

Similarly, the Orange County Groundwater Basin is the main source of drinking water for more than 2.5 million people in north and central Orange County, according to the Orange County Water District.

That's even more the case during drought years, when groundwater accounts for up to 60% of the state’s water supply, compared with 40% in non-drought, said Wade Crowfoot, secretary of California ...

That's even more the case during drought years, when groundwater accounts for up to 60% of the state’s water supply, compared with 40% in non-drought, said Wade Crowfoot, secretary of California ...

That’s even more the case during drought years, when groundwater accounts for up to 60% of the state’s water supply, compared with 40% in non-drought, said Wade Crowfoot, secretary of ...

With water gushing through California’s rivers, some farmers have started devoting a portion of their land to capture these flows and let them seep into the ground.