Because of this, the Central Valley aquifer is the second-most-pumped in the U.S.. Groundwater depletion occurs when the extraction rate is higher than the recharge rate and negative consequences of ...

The high water demand falls on the shoulders of the Central Valley aquifer which over time has seen substantial water table declines as well as land subsidence. In addition to concerns around water, ...

Now stripped of its once vast wetlands and nearly sucked dry from the overpumping of groundwater during the West’s increasingly common droughts, the fertile Central Valley in California is in need of ...

US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small visited the Central Valley Thursday ... for a while now that we're ...

California’s prolonged drought has driven water levels in much of the Central Valley aquifer to historic lows. India now consumes more groundwater than any other country, and at a faster rate.