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Actions have consequences. Some judges prefer fish to people. Hence water that should go to the Central Valley is staying north for the fish. So, the locals need to pump groundwater to keep some farms going.
One scientific consequence is that the San Joaquin Valley is sinking.
"Scientists suspect that parts of the San Joaquin Valley have started to sink again after years of stability, a troubling development that geologists say can be traced to increased pumping of groundwater.
State water managers are worried that falling land surfaces could damage the California Aqueduct, which carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the valley and Southern California."
Another bad consequence of Luddites out of control--or maybe I should say, Luddites IN control.
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One scientific consequence is that the San Joaquin Valley is sinking.
"Scientists suspect that parts of the San Joaquin Valley have started to sink again after years of stability, a troubling development that geologists say can be traced to increased pumping of groundwater.
State water managers are worried that falling land surfaces could damage the California Aqueduct, which carries water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the valley and Southern California."
Another bad consequence of Luddites out of control--or maybe I should say, Luddites IN control.
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