The research shows that existing groundwater wells already penetrate and encroach upon the bases of fresh water that are used to define basin bottoms. In addition, brackish waters exist within current groundwater basins, and fresh water exists outside delineated groundwater basins. “The base of fresh water was historically set to protect high quality groundwater from oil and gas development. “With technological advances, brackish water is now usable and increasingly desirable with declining access to fresh water. About the University of California, Santa BarbaraThe University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public research university in Santa Barbara, California, and one of the ten campuses of the University of California system.
