depletion

Kuzma noted that this can lead to groundwater depletion in parts of the country that rely on a source of water that "just isn't going to be there forever" if current usage rates continue.

This "polycrisis" is an interconnected web of challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss, global poisoning, food insecurity, resource depletion, retreat from democracy, nuclear proliferation, spread of war, uncontrolled use of AI, misinformation, economic, social and gender inequality, rising inequity, failing healthcare systems and geopolitical instability.

The legislation laid out an implementation timeline stretching more than a quarter-century, giving many areas until 2040 to address their depletion problems.

Groundwater depletion is worsening in many of the world’s farming regions.

The Department of Water Resources’ staff is also preparing to give local agencies guidance on how to manage land subsidence and how to prevent levels of pumping that cause significant depletion of surface water, Gosselin said.