Groundwater pumping causing San Joaquin Valley to sink fast

August 20, 2015

This is a stunner. Groundwater pumping in the San Joaquin Valley has caused some farmland to sink 13 inches in just the last eight months. Other parts of the valley are experiencing the same.

Posted by Garrison Frost on Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 20:21

August 20, 2015

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