overpumping

In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state's agricultural heartland.…

7 months ago

Groundwater levels are starting to decline across portions of California; here’s the areas of highest risk

Groundwater levels are on the decline worldwide and one of the areas seeing the biggest change is right here in…

9 months ago

Bottled Water: The Private Equity Firm Tapping America’s Spring Water

Photo: Water pours out of a pipe beside one of the sites in the San Bernardino Mountains where the company…

11 months ago

One of Santa Cruz County’s largest water sources is ‘critically overdrafted’; fixes are on the way

A worker finishes installing the Pure Water Soquel purification facility’s start-and-stop unit. (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) More than…

11 months ago

Pumping groundwater, redistribution has changed Earth’s spin

H2O IQ editor note: this article cites the scientific paper covered in our preceding post. According to a recent study…

1 year ago