The city’s growing population means a growing demand for water,but as increasingly water is drawn out of Perth’s acquifers, the land is slowly subsidingGrowing demand for water in Perth has caused the city to sink at up to 6mm a year and could be responsible for an apparent acceleration in the rate of sea level rise, and according to recent research released by Curtin University.
The study,published in the Journal of Geophysical Research in October, found that the rate of subsidence in Perth increased between 2000 and 2005, and at the same time as the Water Corporation of WA increased the amount of water it was drawing from the city’s two main aquifers to meet the demands of a growing population.
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Source: theguardian.com