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(1) #Californiagroundwater is being contaminated by industrial companies by the injection of wastewater into the ground and farmers using synthetic fertilizers, as well as over pumping.
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(2) Residents in the Central Valley experience polluted water wells in which they use for drinking and irrigation through the dumping of wastewater by oil companies which seep into the soil and contaminate the water below. https://twitter.com/Rel1Resources/status/1182737765261135872
(3) Farmers using synthetic fertilizer have caused Nitrogen to seep into water sources below through water runoff. https://twitter.com/bbkericgarner/status/766009447814721536
(4) Even with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014, residents are still left out of being able to pump their own groundwater safely without contaminants. https://twitter.com/FORESTSFOREVER/status/1238525359450140675
(5) The excessive pumping of water by oil companies and farmers to irrigate their crops have also led to #landsubsidence, which also leads to the toxic chemical arsenic to seep into the water below. https://twitter.com/thatjeff/status/1176244341733384192
(6) Land subsidence also affects the water infrastructure by damaging the water pipes, roads, and aquifers, leading to less water provided. https://twitter.com/AcrossSpectrum/status/1166389111122477062
(7) This cycle of groundwater pumping is #unsustainable due to the increasing number of groundwater wells being contaminated and then having to drill new ones, leading to excessive pumping of water and being costly to residents and farmers
(8) #Groundwaterdepletion can also lead to more unprecedented issues such as earthquakes, with the changes in weight on the fault lines leading to these natural disasters. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/05/californias-groundwater-depletion-could-cause-earthquakes/370970/
