Six States Listed as Facing ‘Excessive Groundwater Withdrawals’ in Report on Global Decline

Six States Listed as Facing ‘Excessive Groundwater Withdrawals’ in Report on Global Decline
The primary pump seen in the foreground is an element of a groundwater recharge project in Fresno County on March 13, 2023. Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources via AP
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Six states are facing significant declines in groundwater resources, according to a study published in Nature.
The report looked at “excessive groundwater withdrawals” by studying 170,000 monitoring wells in over 40 countries, as well as in the U.S., where several states, the most severe being California, must contend with a decline in groundwater reserves, according to an analysis from Saul Elbein, an environmental reporter for The Hill.
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