{"id":408220,"date":"2026-01-15T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408220\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:29:16","slug":"rainfall-has-erased-drought-from-california-what-does-that-mean-for-the-coachella-valleys-aquifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408220\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainfall has erased\u00a0drought from California. What does that mean for the Coachella Valley&#8217;s aquifer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) \u2013\u00a0Recent rainfall\u00a0has pushed the entire state out of drought conditions for the first time in a quarter century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-10.03.32-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1774731\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Coachella Valley has long been known to rely on its own aquifer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvwd.org\/162\/Groundwater-Replenishment-Imported-Water\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">managed by water authorities like the Coachella Valley Water District<\/a>. The underground source of water is finite; natural annual rainfall and melting snow is usually not enough to sustain the basin&#8217;s supply alone based on the demands from those who need it in the valley.<\/p>\n<p>With recent rains pushing California out of drought conditions, we&#8217;re asking CVWD how that&#8217;s helping them keep the basin sustainable for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Stay with us for the latest.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>News Channel 3 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kesq.com\/about-us\/2022\/07\/14\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kesq.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) \u2013\u00a0Recent rainfall\u00a0has pushed the entire state out of drought conditions for the first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-408220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}