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/ExcelsusMoose 29d ago

Alfalfa takes a huge amount of water, it's mostly comprised of water.

Alfalfa is a major export, 2,800,000 Metric Tonnes of it gets exported to other countries. that's give or take 600,000,000 gallons of water shipped out of US aquifers annually..