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The four major initiatives include:
Water Management and Efficiency - A focus on accelerating almond farmer transition to more efficient irrigation scheduling and management practices to get the most ‘crop per drop’ of water.
This initiative builds on the 33 percent reduction in water used per pound of almonds achieved by the industry over the last 20 years. It will include a range of activities, from working with farmers to fine tuning irrigation techniques, to adopting more advanced water management technology.
Sustainable Water Resources - An exploration of how to best leverage a unique strength of the California Almond industry, its acreage, for accelerating natural flood-year groundwater recharge of aquifers.
California’s aquifers are collectively the state's largest water storage system. Water recharged through this program would benefit all Californians - not just farmers.
A second part of this initiative will search for opportunities to recycle water from multiple sources, including municipal wastewater, to increase overall water availability for farmers and all Californians.
