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By NASA
August 20, 2015
![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0002/0844/82015.nasa.california_subsidence.large.jpg?1476779516&1440085120 "Subsidence in San Joaquin Valley, CA")
As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic drought, the California Department of Water Resources today released a new NASA report showing land in the San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever before, nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) per month in some locations.
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