For the first time, California water regulators are cracking down on one of the state’s major farming regions for failing to take steps to curb growers’ excessive groundwater pumping, which has sent water levels into rapid decline and is causing the land to sink. The State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place the Tulare Lake subbasin on …
Earlier this year, as floodwaters rushed toward the San Joaquin Valley city of Corcoran — home to roughly 20,000 people and a sprawling maximum-security state prison — emergency workers and desperate local officials begged the state for help raising their levee. In October, state water regulators announced they’re taking the first step toward putting the Tulare Lake region on “probation” …
New Delhi: Underground water is of utmost importance for irrigating agricultural fields. The new method sorts out how much underground water loss takes place from aquifers confined in clay, and how much from soil that is not confined in an aquifer. How Aquifers Confined In Clay Are Different From Underground Water Coming From Soil Aquifers confined in clay can be …
