The Stockton East Water District (SEWD), nestled in California’s San Joaquin County, 80 miles east of San Francisco, was created in 1948 under the 1931 Water Conservation Act of California to protect and enhance the area’s groundwater basin. To benefit the area’s only reliable water supply which is critically overdrafted, SEWD provides surface water to both the agricultural and urban areas. In 1977, SEWD built a water treatment plant that

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