If you thought it was just about zoning density think again. There is another back door property grabbing effort underway in the proposed GP2020 plan. The proposed plan will require each parcel to be able to supply all of it’s water needs through rainfall on the parcel itself as a measure of the ability of the aquifer to be replenished. This is total nonsense from a hydrology and watershed / Aquifer management perspective. (AND THEY KNOW IT!) All aquifers are replenished by the watershed that feeds them not just the parcels above them. Every hydrologist KNOWS THIS! If this is not a bald face exposure of the true intention of the DPLU I do not know what is.
The Ocotillo Lower Felipe Watershed contains 322,709 ACRES! With a average rainfall of 3.6 inches that comes to 96,812 acrefeet of water. The only demand on the aquifer fed by this is Ocotillo Wells.
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