Groundwater Issues In California

Without firmer groundwater management, California residents will continue to experience the effects from groundwater overuse. Communities will lack water security, experience water quality issues, and face high costs from digging deeper wells. These problems will grow, but can be better addressed locally with support from the state. The introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act should provide much needed guidance for managing California’s groundwater system.

Pre-Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
Up to 2014, there had been no coordinated effort on managing groundwater in California. This widely used water resource had no formal groundwater law or policies governing its use. The most common groundwater management