Central Valley Case Study

The Central Valley is the home to countless people and is one of the rapid growing community in California. In the past 10 years, the population increased to more than 1 million new residents and according to USGS, the current population in the Central Valley is approximately 4,125,450. The Valley is extensive, flat valley that covers about 40 to 60 miles wide and extend approximately 22,500 square miles that enclosed with 18 counties. In this region, it is one of the world’s most productive agricultural are grown and this is the fundamental land that “Feeds the world”. Also in calculation, about 75% of irrigated land and 17% of Nation’s irrigated land is here in the valley.
While the population is growing and food is needed at an extreme
While putting off the farming, this cost and lose a great deal of money to the economy. However, there is another way of getting the water and it is from underground, this is where farmers use the method of digging deep under the soil to get the water. Here is another problem, when this method is used, it can be caused major destruction to the environment and leads to another issue. It is like a never-ending domino effect of one dilemma after another. In one of the Core reading assignment, farmers from the Valley discussed the usage of with the groundwater system. The article is called, “Farmers say, ‘No apologies,’ as well drilling hits record levels in San Joaquin Valley”, it explained some problems with property rights, the cost, and workers with the regulation of how the water should be in the agriculture with government. It first stated, “As farmers ramp up drilling and install larger, more powerful pumps, aquifers that had quietly flourished beneath the soil for thousands of years are dropping at dangerous rates” (Sabalow, Kasler, Reese, 2). The cost of pumping is low and there will is no loss of evaporation but the supply form groundwater is pollutants have a long residence time. The groundwater is renewable only if it has a