Examining groundwater's role in ecosystem sustainability phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Increased groundwater demand and less precipitation because of drought have forever altered the state, but several sectors will be hit especially hard.
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The Department of Water Resources should enhance groundwater protection with changes to California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
By Jeanette Howard
Jeanette Howard is the director of the freshwater science team at The Nature Conservancy, California, jeanette_howard@tnc.org.
Melissa M. Rohde
Barton H. Thompson, Special to CalMatters
Barton H. Thompson is a senior fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment, and faculty director of Water in the West at Stanford University, buzzt@stanford.edu.
While California’s landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act promised comprehensive protection of the state’s groundwater, significant gaps remain in its coverage.
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