SFR Depletion of Groundwater is more serious than we thought!

[Flymph]

America's Aquifers Are Shrinking. Our Survival Is at Stake.

An eye-opening investigation reveals the devastation happening beneath our feet.

www.popularmechanics.com

Interesting read into a topic not on many people's radar. Serious depletion of groundwater has been going on for over 80 years without enough recharging of aquifers, Many problems arise including "cancer" issues! Mismanagement and Climate Change seem to be the leading culprits.

 

[dirty dog]

Got to water that golf course.

 

[Peyton00]

Got to water that golf course.

If the golf courses fail......society has failed.

 

[Josh]

Bad management, trying to make the desert green, inefficient transport/delivery, water intensive crops... many reasons out there.

 

[SurfnFish]

Marc Resiner laid it all out in his 1986 book Cadillac Desert, and the water table deletion has only accelerated as has the concentration of carcinogenic chemicals within the remaining groundwater.

 

[kmudgn]

A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short

The Times asked all 50 states how they police the use of valuable groundwater. Their answers reveal why the country is draining and damaging its aquifers so rapidly.

www.nytimes.com

 

[doublespey]

Frank Herbert may have been a prophet . . . . was Dune a vision of our future? If it is, I sure hope we can do it without those giant worms.

 

[Tom Butler]

Serious for sure. Here in the WW Valley a 30 year plan was just implemented to take action for a better future. Our surface flows and ground water are interrelated for sure. Neat story map in link.
https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorel...y-projects-EW/Walla-Walla-2050/Strategic-plan
I've seen a lot of changes over the last 30 years, so many partners working for a better tomorrow.
https://fisherieshabitat.ctuir.org/program-strategy/collaboration/

 

[Tinker]

We're pumping it too fast, for sure, but we're also destroying the natural recharge systems. They make great parking lots.

 

[Flymph]

We're pumping it too fast, for sure, but we're also destroying the natural recharge systems. They make great parking lots.

You make a great point when it comes to 'recharge"!

Groundwater is one of the world’s most important natural resources, but groundwater management has traditionally been governed by lax and uneven legal regimes which tend to focus on the extraction of groundwater or groundwater quality, rather than Groundwater Recharge.

Human activities like Agriculture, Development, Forrest Management, and Flood Control can decrease groundwater storage while Water Banking, Ag managed aquifer recharge, Stormwater capture, and Treated wastewater help to recharge.

Once again, it takes a dynamic switch in societal and political thought!!!

 

[Merle]

We're pumping it too fast, for sure, but we're also destroying the natural recharge systems. They make great parking lots.

That’s a good point; a lot of development (parking lots, buildings etc) basically funnels rainfall that would’ve landed on that area to the ocean instead of it being able to soak into the ground.

 

[SurfnFish]

That’s a good point; a lot of development (parking lots, buildings etc) basically funnels rainfall that would’ve landed on that area to the ocean instead of it being able to soak into the ground.

and those funnels capture all the industrial pollutants and carry them into creeks, river, lakes and the ocean, including 6 million tons of rubber and plastics from tire wear alone each year.
We've pretty much screwed the pooch...

 

[Leland Miyawaki]

Marc Resiner laid it all out in his 1986 book Cadillac Desert, and the water table deletion has only accelerated as has the concentration of carcinogenic chemicals within the remaining groundwater.

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It’s all in here, written 37 years ago.

Leland

 

[Salmo_g]

Water law doesn't consider sustainability. Live for today!

First in time, first in right.

Whiskey's for drinking; water's for fighting.

Notice the absence of intelligent thinking?

 

[Matt B]

and those funnels capture all the industrial pollutants and carry them into creeks, river, lakes and the ocean, including 6 million tons of rubber and plastics from tire wear alone.
We've pretty much screwed the pooch...

Don't forget we've engineered our creeks and rivers into nice straight deep ditches to efficiently drain the landscape (further reducing aquifer recharge).

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263304250_A_Stream_Evolution_Model_Integrating_Habitat_and_Ecosystem_Benefits

 

[Peyton00]

 

[Guy Gregory]

As i worked on this stuff for years, the title of this post is wrong. Lots of us knew, and lots of us told ya. We told ya water was declining, we told ya that decline would destroy streamflow and increase stream temperatures. We told you pouring chemicals into your drinking water was a bad idea. My bosses told ya, and they’re bosses told ya. But the lure of cheap french fries and tomatoes in January is just too strong. Nobody wants to pay to handle chemicals properly, no irrigator is willing to stop irrigating an acre, everyone is baffled when the streams go dry. As for this article, folks will pay attention until Friday, and then move on.

 

[SurfnFish]

mentioned before managed the build out of a 17 acre high tech campus in Mountain View, Ca, former site of a Siemans chip manufacturing operation, designated a Superfund site due to the groundwater being permeated with the solvent TCE (a known carcinogenic), the plume steadily being driven west year after year by SF Bay hydrostatic tidal pressure, TCE evaporating up through the soil of multi-million dollar homes.
Add in the over 100 trace chemicals that were identified during 24/7 site air testing, and there is little wonder that general cancer rates are elected to rise by over 30% by 2030..not to mention the astounding number of kids being diagnosed with autism, ADHD, auto-immune issues and childhood cancers.
During my decade in high tech, as soon as the commute took me back to the coast, I would have the car window open regardless of weather, deep breathing in and out like a demented yogi, trying to clear my lungs...

 

[Mossback]

There's no quarterly returns for the shareholders in managing resources for the long term. Certainly no money in it for business to clean up a toxic site they created

...and so it goes...

 

[FinLuver]

America's Aquifers Are Shrinking. Our Survival Is at Stake.

An eye-opening investigation reveals the devastation happening beneath our feet.

www.popularmechanics.com

Interesting read into a topic not on many people's radar. Serious depletion of groundwater has been going on for over 80 years without enough recharging of aquifers, Many problems arise including "cancer" issues! Mismanagement and Climate Change seem to be the leading culprits.

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