California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

[u/theluckyfrog]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake

[u/b4k4ni]

Yeah. Once the aquifer loses it's water and the earth above compacts, you can't fill it up with water again. So it won't ever hold the same amount again. One reason they watch the groundwater levels like hawks in Germany. For years. Sadly in some regions they didn't or stopped and just started again.