SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury released a report of its findings about local water resources Friday.
The investigative body found that while water is a finite local resource with unique collection and distribution challenges, each entity tasked with providing water across the county has made notable proactive plans to prepare for potential droughts and increased demands from future population growth.
Additionally, the 2024-2025 Grand Jury found that coordination amongst county-wide water management groups, “has improved significantly” since a 2016-2017 Grand Jury finding that limitations existed and recommendations were made to improve coordination…