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The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking

The very ground upon which Corcoran, Calif., was built has been slowly but steadily collapsing, a situation caused primarily not by nature but agriculture. ....

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Small California farming town becomes the fasting sinking area in United States

The California town that is SINKING 2ft every year: Agriculture has drained the land around Corcoran and turned it into a slowmotion sinkhole
The farming town of Corcoran, California has been slow sinking for 14 years as agricultural companies continue to pump underground water to irrigate crops
While Corcoran has sunk only about four feet in certain areas since 2015, its predicted that city will sink another six to 11 feet over the next two decades
But residents have already felt the immediate effects of the slow sinking, and at a cost for a town where the median income is $40,000
But despite the effect its having on the town, residents and leaders in the ag-dominated town have chosen to downplay or flat out ignore the town s sinkage ....

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