California’s most productive agricultural area is confronting a groundwater emergency caused by excessive extraction from underground water sources. Legislation enacted in 2014 aimed at preventing the overuse of these underground water reserves is now being implemented across the region.
The new regulations are designed to address the critical situation created by years of drawing too much water from the aquifer systems that support the state’s agricultural industry. These enforcement measures represent the first major step in controlling groundwater usage in the area.
