Environmental & Energy
Sep. 30, 2014
A brave new world of water regulation
Since the state of California was born, the right to extract and use groundwater has been virtually unregulated. But all that is about to change.
Since the state of California was born, the right to extract and use groundwater has been virtually unregulated - the law has provided few tools to limit or manage how agricultural, industrial and residential users compete for this valuable and increasingly scarce resource. But all that is about to change. A record drought, declining groundwater levels, and a lack of groundwater regulation have combined to create an environmental crisis in California - shedding light on an unsustainable ...
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