The NY Times recently added to their excellent series on nationwide groundwater declines. The latest article covers the astonishing amount of water being used for fracking. OPB continues to be an excellent source of information on groundwater declines in Oregon. This week, the Oregon Water Resources Commission is meeting in Harney County where they will discuss long overdue policy reforms, including critical groundwater areas. The Central Oregon Cities Organization (Bend, Redmond, Prineville, etc.) are in opposition to these reforms. Our tax dollars at work. The meeting is being held in Burns as Harney County is suffering from extreme groundwater declines.