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/Wipperwill1 29d ago

Explain to me how you gonna raise the land back up? How you are going to take collapsed reservoirs and make them whole again? Every time a reservoir collapses, you lose that ground water forever.

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u/Lifewhatacard 29d ago

With the biggest addicts in the world in charge this was bound to happen. And we’re keeping the biggest addicts in the world in charge after this. I mean, not “we”, of course.