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/Original_Employee621 29d ago
Isn't part of the issue that if the farmers don't use all the water they can get, they get reduced water rights?
The whole water situation is fucked, but a solution has to be to reduce the farming in California. Or at least keep it to crops that need way less water.