While it’s not apparent just yet whether this winter’s rainfall will bring closure to California’s historic drought, it is clear that the state’s underground water concerns will linger on. According to the San Jose Mercury News, water has been removed from aquifers faster than nature can refill them for decades, and the state has deemed 21 groundwater basins “critically overdrafted.”
There are consequences that go hand in hand with the overpumping of groundwater. Last...