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GROUNDWATER DEPLETION
- Depletion is the
process of pumping groundwater at a rate faster than it can be replenished naturally.
- Groundwater depletion has been documented in many cases.
- For instance, wells
near Chicago have declined up to 800 feet during the period 1864-1980.
- In California,
wells in Borrego Valley, near Borrego Springs,
have declined over 2 feet/year for the past 20 years.
- Implementation of the Borrego Valley
Groundwater Management Plan
has been thwarted
for years by differences of opinion over the
exact nature and extent of the overdraft.
- Groundwater levels in Borrego valley
are continuing to fall at an unsustainable rate.
Past, Present and Future of Borrego valley, California. |
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