... and fast! Last summer, scientists recorded the worst sinking in at least 50
years. This summer, all-time records are expected across the state as
thousands of miles of land in the Central Valley and elsewhere sink. But the extent of the problem and how much it will cost taxpayers to
fix are part of the mystery of the state’s unfolding drought. No agency
is tracking the sinking statewide, little public money has been put
toward studying it and California allows agriculture businesses to keep
crucial parts of their operations secret.
California is sinking, and it's getting worse.
By Nathan Halverson at "Reveal" from the Center for Investigative Reporting
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| Joseph Poland of the U.S. Geological Survey used a utility pole to
document where a farmer would have been standing in 1925, 1955 and where
Poland was then standing in 1977 after land in the San Joaquin Valley
had sunk nearly 30 feet. |
