Groundwater extraction effecting runoff

[Dom Tomac]

I still believe there are significant effects from deep water wells that cause less runoff into rivers & lakes than acknowledged or addressed by the "experts." Most attribute reduced runoff to a warmer climate and dry surface soil, but if the ground is dried out, way down deep, it's going to suck up more water. See the following.

Parts of Arizona are being sucked dry, with areas of land sinking 6 inches per year, satellite data reveals

Groundwater extraction has caused parts of the Willcox Basin to subside by up to 12 feet since the 1950s. New research reveals that some areas sunk by 3 feet in just 4 years.

www.livescience.com

If the water problems are going to be addressed, it needs to look "deeper" than the surface accumulation.

 

[Cheef Baconator]

I'm no hydrologist, but drying out soil causing storm water to be absorbed rather than run into rivers sounds pretty sound and intuitive to me.

My bigger takeaway from the article though, is the fact that folks are pumping water with impunity without stopping to consider what happens to them and to everybody else when they run their source dry.