NASA data shows global groundwater depletion
By Renee Lewis, Aljazeera America
In over half of the world’s largest aquifers, water is being drawn faster than it is being replenished, while some of those wellsprings may be much smaller than previously assumed, according to two studies released on Tuesday.
As climate change and population growth increasingly stress the world’s water supplies, understanding how much groundwater exists and at what rates it can be sustainably drawn is critical, said scientists behind the studies.
“Until improved storage estimates exist to determine a system’s full capacity to buffer against renewable ground water stress, continued pressure on aquifer systems could lead to irreversible depletion that seriously threaten the sustainability of groundwater dependent regions,” said a UC Irvine report titled “Uncertainty in Global Groundwater Storage.”
Kae, good article on groundwater depletion. Once the aquifiers are depleted so is our well water.
Please water as little as possible in your home and outdoors. Save what little water we have left.OLS
Time to stop paying people to breed.
Aljazeera America?
Yes, Aljazeera America. Al Gore sold his media company to them. You know Al Gore. . . hero to the left? Family money from Big Tobacco, then he invented the internet, became vice-President, and discovered Global Warming.
Made a fortune off dangerous products and lies. Big hero to the left. Sweats a lot in person.
Ya, because wrongula knows more than NASA…
A lot of people ‘sweat a lot in person’. So what?
Already there are countries that basically have water delivered to people by truck. Some towns in the central valley are without water and other CA towns are reaching that point. We will be able to deal with this somehow at least for a while here in CA but the third world countries that are out of water do not have the resources we have to remediate the problem. The wars over oil have been ugly but the wars over water will be worse.
Um Dog, if you want to read another source, try the Washington Post. However, it is still based on Science and Technology that you do not understand.
Has STPUD said anything about supplying Heavenly’s snowmaking guns with 1000 gallons a minute per gun? We can’t water our lawns but they can make snow all over the mountain with the water under our city. How about a user fee for snowmaking with our water here in the city. Also TRPA wants us to stop the particles of dust in the air and STPUD wants to buy back sod. I am confused.
I’m pretty sure snow making comes from reservoirs on the mountain not STPUD. There are worse issues than water conservation. Not sure that conserving in Tahoe needs to be as extreme as conserving in Fresno but Grandpa Jerry our fine Governor didn’t differentiate, just mandated conservation for all of California.
Heavenly has several water storage areas on he mountain (Ca Side) that are filled by snow melt during the winter. All of their other water comes from the David avenue well. They pay full price for their water. They also paid for a new pump at the well. I also talked with the STPUD and there is a big difference between a drought due to lack of water like in SoCal and a drought that we have which is not enough snow for four years to bring the lake up to above the natural rim so the boats can access the water. We do not have a drought up here where we will run out of water as the aquifers are deep enough to be charged by the lake. Yes we do need to conserve to set an example for the rest of the state but we will not run out of water. Tahoe Keys gets their water from an aquifer just like STPUD and they don’t put anything in it. We are only paying STPUD for infrastructure to get the water to us as it is free to them. Joby, ask your bro if I am correct or not as I got my info from a 2011 TRPA study where all this info came from as well as a different board member. If I am wrong then I will say so. When I asked the question of drought to the STPUD spokesperson I got the long answer to a simple yes or no question. Low lake levels only affect the boaters for the most part and the fishing charters. The low lake level is at best a visual eyesore but we are not going to run out of water in our area. Once again yes we need to conserve but only because the state is forcing us which in turn gives STPUD a scare tactic to raise rates and blame it on the state.