Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California's Central Valley

Study links valley's land subsidence to lower home values

When over-pumping of groundwater causes land in the San Joaquin Valley to sink, it tends to take home values with it, according to new research out of the University of California, Riverside.

Groundwater depletion sinks home prices in California's Central Valley

A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California's Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values.