More on the Impacts of Groundwater Overpumping in the San Joaquin Valley, CA

New!  The Valley floor is sinking, and it's crippling California's ability to deliver water
(Dale KASLER and Phillip REESE, The Sacramento Bee; July 13, 2018)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article214631455.html

Dry wells, sinking land and fears of a global food crisis
(Jeremy P. JACOBS, Western Water - E&E News; June 25, 2018)
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060086059


N. B.:  For more information on Land subsidence and Groundwater overpumping in the San Joaquin Valley, please refer to "Blog Archives" for my former blog posts under the following titles and dates:

Increased Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater due to Overpumping - San Joaquin Valley, California          6/6/2018

 About the WEF San Joaquin Valley Land Subsidence Event      8/20/2017

 Permanent Groundwater Storage Reduction due to Overpumping - San Joaquin Valley, CA   4/13/2017

 California Drought Issues - Land Subsidence & Agricultural Woes    8/20/2015

 California's Groundwater Shortage       3/18/2015

 

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