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With California introducing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, new estimations of subsidence based on water usage plans have revealed that stretches of the California Aqueduct are still at a substantially high risk of subsidence. These projections range from 10-15 feet of subsidence in the most at risk areas. [16]
Groundwater has stayed under the regulation radar, which led to the overdraft of vital basins and the subsidence of land taking place throughout the Central Valley. The SGMA gives responsibility to both state authority and local oversight to bring groundwater basins in California to sustainable yields within a given time period.
In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began replacing nearly 100-year-old power line poles cutting through Topanga State Park, when the project was halted within days by ...
Ground water was pumped heavily, leading to the Santa Clara valley being the first region recognized to be affected by land subsidence in the 1940s. [2] Between 1912 and 1966, artesian pressure levels dropped more than 200 feet (61 m). The decreasing pressure heads resulted in land subsidence of up to 15 feet (4.6 m). [3]
At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day ... worst natural disaster in California history ...
The survey counted over 36 million dead trees, which is a dramatic increase, but there still may be more that were not counted. In a dramatic spike, 36.3 million trees died in California last year ...
Many millions of California trees died from the drought—approximately 102 million, including 62 million in 2016 alone. [36] By the end of 2016, 30% of California had emerged from the drought, mainly in the northern half of the state, while 40% of the state remained in the extreme or exceptional drought levels.
California has the worst quality of life among all 50 states, according to a recent ranking by US News and World Report. The Golden State came in dead last in the U.S. News & World Report rankings ...