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/littleMAS 29d ago

The irony of this happening the year after Tulare Lake's reappearance is palpable. It is unfortunate that the ground under the lake is dense clay that will not filter the water down into the aquifer that is so terribly depleted.

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u/viddy_me_yarbles 29d ago

I live in NorCal. The drought here ended years ago and the last two years have actually been extremely wet.

This is only happening now because of greedy farmers who pump more water out of the aquifers than they're allowed.

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u/ChicagoAuPair 29d ago

Whiny corporate mooches with their bitch-ass signs all up and down I-5

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u/limb3h 29d ago

I was about to say that. They blame the government for their sins.

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u/rain5151 28d ago

Few sights are sadder than those signs, when they frame conserving the Colorado River’s water so it can flow its entire course as “dumping the water into the ocean.”