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hunter

(39,271 posts) Mon Aug 29, 2022, 03:38 PM Aug 2022

Construction crews race to build replacement canal as Central Valley sinks [View all]

We can rebuild a canal but we can't stop subsidence by controlling how much groundwater is extracted???

Seems an ass-backwards way of doing things.

More on subsidence:

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/land-subsidence-in-california

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Construction crews race to build replacement canal as Central Valley sinks [View all] hunter Aug 2022 OP

In a drought, you can only limit water use by so much. TigressDem Aug 2022 #1

Apparently the major recent cause of subsidence on this 30+ mile stretch Hortensis Aug 2022 #2

Many of these farms are living on borrowed time. Global warming is here to stay. hunter Aug 2022 #3

They know it, Hunter. A lot more profoundly than us at this point. Hortensis Aug 2022 #4