California Moves Closer to Imposing Groundwater Use Limits Officials will weigh whether to directly intervene, for the first time in state history, to stop aquifers from being wrung dry in the Central Valley.
Parched California Misses a Chance to Store More Rain Underground Torrential rains could have helped to replenish depleted aquifers, but some say state bureaucracy, designed to distribute water fairly, has stood in the way.