Los Angeles Times - Online (September 7, 2014) - It could be decades, experts say, before the most depleted groundwater basins recover under the legislation, which is a historic step in a state that long resisted managing a key water source. For some experts, that is too long. "Meanwhile the problem gets more and more protracted and the potential exists for more and more irreversible damage," said Richard Frank, director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at UC Davis. Despite growers' reluctance to enter the new world of groundwater regulation, UC Davis groundwater hydrologist Thomas Harter predicted their successors will appreciate it. "In the long run, my view is that the next generation and two generations down of farmers will find this a lifesaver," Harter said.