Delaney Stewart
Cathy Ramos
Biology
September 30th, 2015 The Depletion of California's Groundwater Plants, animals, and even humans all have a common master. The thirst and need for water. California is the state of fame, sun, and sandy feet. With our pristine weather and landscapes it is the ideal location for living conditions, farming, agriculture, and for everything in between. However, ever since 2011 the once luscious west coast has been getting increasingly drier and drier each year. Due to lack of water and rainfall, 2015 is the fourth year of the worst ongoing drought in the history of California. The now doubled population of California from 50 years ago does not lessen the strain whatsoever. …show more content…
It seems quite contradictory through all of limitations on water use the public has had to endure. The city of San Diego has imposed outdoor irrigation to only twice a week, the washing of automobiles and transportation can occur only between 6pm through 10pm, and independent establishes, such as restaurants and hotels, can only use water upon the request of their guest. For this discrepancy the DWR (The Department of Water Resources) stands to even the score between the people of the nation and corporations driven by profit. The department is responsible for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) Program. Each program contributes by educating communities and approving groundwater extraction plans. These administrations achieve this by writing assembly bills that requires local agencies to provide the information pertaining to their groundwater management plans to them, and allows this knowledge to be accessible to the public as …show more content…
If the drilling continues at this rapid pace, we will be met with irreversible results. Groundwater is in a state of distress alongside other water sources in California. It is important to save these sources and especially groundwater for the next generation. Our high level of luxurious lifestyle will be paid for in the later years. Without groundwater, major structures will be suspicable to breaking and falling, the ground will become dry turning California back into the desert it once was, and overall life in California would be devastating. In conclusion, due to many factors agencies were forced into using groundwater to keep up with the current demands of the people. However the drilling became too excessive and now we are seeing the results of this. The pumping of it has left California stripped of an invaluable resource:
Cathy Ramos
Biology
September 30th, 2015 The Depletion of California's Groundwater Plants, animals, and even humans all have a common master. The thirst and need for water. California is the state of fame, sun, and sandy feet. With our pristine weather and landscapes it is the ideal location for living conditions, farming, agriculture, and for everything in between. However, ever since 2011 the once luscious west coast has been getting increasingly drier and drier each year. Due to lack of water and rainfall, 2015 is the fourth year of the worst ongoing drought in the history of California. The now doubled population of California from 50 years ago does not lessen the strain whatsoever. …show more content…
It seems quite contradictory through all of limitations on water use the public has had to endure. The city of San Diego has imposed outdoor irrigation to only twice a week, the washing of automobiles and transportation can occur only between 6pm through 10pm, and independent establishes, such as restaurants and hotels, can only use water upon the request of their guest. For this discrepancy the DWR (The Department of Water Resources) stands to even the score between the people of the nation and corporations driven by profit. The department is responsible for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) Program. Each program contributes by educating communities and approving groundwater extraction plans. These administrations achieve this by writing assembly bills that requires local agencies to provide the information pertaining to their groundwater management plans to them, and allows this knowledge to be accessible to the public as …show more content…
If the drilling continues at this rapid pace, we will be met with irreversible results. Groundwater is in a state of distress alongside other water sources in California. It is important to save these sources and especially groundwater for the next generation. Our high level of luxurious lifestyle will be paid for in the later years. Without groundwater, major structures will be suspicable to breaking and falling, the ground will become dry turning California back into the desert it once was, and overall life in California would be devastating. In conclusion, due to many factors agencies were forced into using groundwater to keep up with the current demands of the people. However the drilling became too excessive and now we are seeing the results of this. The pumping of it has left California stripped of an invaluable resource: