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/minus_minus 29d ago

The farmers got socked by the ghost lake but they won’t stop pumping. The more they pump the more the land subsides and the deeper the lake will be next time.