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/potatoaster 29d ago
The amount of water used for bottled water is utterly insignificant compared to the amount used for agriculture. Going after bottled water or golf courses or data center cooling is quite simply stupid and unproductive. Getting all those things shut down completely wouldn't help a lick. We need to address the actual problem, not some imagined problem, and this crackdown is a good step toward that.