Environmental News Network: As California suffers through the third year of a record-breaking drought, state lawmakers agreed today to require more sweeping oversight of the states groundwater resources.
California legislators approved Senate Bill 1168 and Assembly Bill 1739, which together call for stricter management of groundwater supplies by local agencies while giving the state the ability to step in when necessary. Up until now, California was the only state in the nation that did not comprehensively monitor or regulate...