Plan To Solve Borrego’s Water Crisis Beginning

The county is expected this week to enter into an agreement with the Borrego Water District to begin joint preparation of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan aimed at solving the continuing depletion of the underground water table that feeds the Borrego Valley, including the desert town of Borrego Springs. The county will commit an initial $500,000 to the agreement and another $700,000 later as work proceeds on the plan, which is needed to avoid state intervention — something nobody wants.