Unfortunately this does nothing to address groundwater depletion; it's just about how much water people are allowed to draw from rivers. With groundwater we ha

Unfortunately this does nothing to address groundwater depletion; it's just about how much water people are allowed to draw from rivers. With groundwater we have a dollar auction / arms race where the people with the deepest wells get the water, which is a terrible way to allocate water. If you want the system of private wells that sustain rural communities to keep functioning you have to restrict wells.