California is the only Western state with no regulations on groundwater. Big landowners can pump as much as they want. And, as the drought gets worse, that’s what they’re doing. The Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis compares that to overdrawing a savings account.
The Push to Regulate California’s New Gold… Water
Credits
Guests:
- Jay Lund - watershed scientist; professor of civil and environmental engineering; director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis
- Lester Snow - California Water Foundation - @WaterFdn
- Chris Scheuring - California Farm Bureau Foundation - @CAFarmBureau