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Bland
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Something worth pointing out in this discussion is that ALL (I think) of the agricultural water used in the Bakersfield area is actually produced water from the oil wells in that area.
As an oilfield engineer, I was mortified to learn that those little baby carrots I feed my family are grown with produced water. They are.
In the worlds of one of the former DOGGR hydrologists that so spoke with at the Western SPE conference held in Bakersfield, those ‘oil wells’ are actually water wells that produce a bit of oil. The water they produce is fresh water suitable for drinking and agricultural purposes. This is a stark contrast to the wells in Texas and other places where the produced water is a KCl brine laden with NORM, hydrogen sulfide, and bacteria.
My point is that not all water used in agriculture in CA is from lake mead.
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/Aquifer_Exemptions.aspx
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