Researchers at Stanford are hoping to jump start a water revolution in California. The goal is to rapidly expand the areas where we store water – not by building reservoirs, but by returning millions of gallons back into the ground in a new and efficient way. … A recent study found the elevation of San Jose has risen slightly over the decades, while dozens of other cities around the country are steadily sinking. One common factor is groundwater. … Valley Water manages a sophisticated system of ponds and groundwater injection wells to help replenish the area’s aquifers. While sites, like the Laguna Seca basin at Coyote Valley are being conserved as open space, allowing additional stormwater to sink into the water table. These are long term strategies that are paying off. … And now, researchers at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability are hoping to use ground-breaking technology to expand groundwater recharge across California’s Central Valley. 

Other groundwater and subsidence news:

• Record Searchlight (Redding, Calif.): Land sinking in Red Bluff, Corning: What it means for Tehama and can it happen in Redding?
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: How Lake Mead slows Las Vegas from sinking, the country’s ‘invisible hazard’