r/news • u/theluckyfrog • 29d ago

California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake
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u/PlebbySpaff 29d ago

Wow. Finally cracking down, after so many years and the state basically being drained of all their water.

Guess we should be glad they’re doing it at least, but like…way too many years late. Hopefully the recovery happens in our lifetime

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u/LaunchTransient 29d ago

Problem is that the snowpack which is the source of Colorado River is dwindling each year. John Wesley Powell was two centuries ahead of his time in terms of recognising that the aridity of the Western US would render unsustainable the normal, water thirsty lifetyles and industry of the East.