Water availability and land subsidence in the Central Valley, California, USA

• Published in: Hydrogeology journal Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 675 - 684
• Main Authors: Faunt, Claudia C., Sneed, Michelle, Traum, Jon, Brandt, Justin T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Aquatic Pollution; Aquifer management; Aquifers; Availability; Central Valley of California; Compaction; Drought; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; flood control; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Groundwater; Groundwater irrigation; Groundwater levels; Groundwater recharge; Groundwater storage; Historic; Hydrogeology; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Irrigation water; Land subsidence; Land use; land use change; laws and regulations; Legislation; Modelling; monitoring; planning; Pumpage; Subsidence; Surface water; Sustainable use; Valleys; Waste Water Technology; Water availability; Water demand; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Water resources management; water table; United States > US; California; INE, USA, California; USA, California, Central Valley; USA, California, San Joaquin Valley; Central Valley of California; Groundwater/surface-water relations; USA; Subsidence; Geohazards; Compaction

The Central Valley in California (USA) covers about 52,000 km 2 and is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world. This agriculture relies heavily on surface-water diversions and groundwater pumpage to meet irrigation water demand. Because the valley is semi-arid and surface-water...