Ukiah has plenty of water — the Ukiah Valley doesn’t

MENDOCINO CO., 7/11/26 — Drill a well in Redwood Valley, and a gallon a minute can pass for good news. Twenty gallons a minute, by local standards, is a gusher. Drill one a few miles south, inside the city of Ukiah, and some wells pump more than 1,000.

Same valley, same rain. The difference is what’s under the ground.