The Battles Over California’s Groundwater | Sacramento Sessions

Ten years ago, as drought and dry wells spread across the Central Valley, lawmakers enacted landmark legislation aimed at protecting one of California’s most precious resources: its rapidly dwindling underground stores of water.
In a good year, groundwater makes up about 40% of California’s water supply. In a bad one, it’s close to 60%. For millions of people, it’s their only source. But this precious supply is also precarious, drained so much in some areas for irrigating farms that the earth has collapsed and communities struggle with dry wells and water contamination.
This year, for the first time in California history, state officials have taken steps toward cracking down on groundwater depletion in the state’s agricultural heartland. This conversation will consider the consequences of California’s groundwater law for farms and communities.
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I learned about ground water in 1960 at 9.all farmers know this fact.

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Farmers should build cisterns for usage.

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Concrete asphalt stops rain into the soil.

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In 94596 Walnut Creek, California must purchase water because of lead fluoride.

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The Romans and Persians understood ground water in cisterns they built.

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Central valley dropped feet broke the roads.

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I still have my underground rights from my ancestors.

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Nobody promised anyone tomorrow.

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Remove the almonds.

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Ground water and minerals belong to land owner the indigenous

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Almonds never sustainable too much water use.