Environmental
Feb. 1, 2014
As drought continues, state moves to regulate groundwater
Fearing that already unsustainable groundwater pumping in places like the Central Valley will now accelerate at an alarming rate, state officials are signaling they might step in to stop it.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As the worst drought in decades takes hold and water in the state's rivers and reservoirs dries up, many are turning to the only other available source - groundwater. Fearing that already unsustainable groundwater pumping in places like the Central Valley will now accelerate at an alarming rate, state officials are signaling they might step in to stop it.
But the state's legal path forward is n...
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