It's not just pumping ground water it is also building massive dams like the huge one in China. They estimate that it retains enough water that it is changing to axis of rotation all on it's own. No one like to talk about that thought because "Climate Change". Archive: https://archive.today/rdCwC From the post: >>Water has power. So much power, in fact, that pumping Earth’s groundwater can change the planet’s tilt and rotation. It can also impact sea-level rise and other consequences of climate change. Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters—we can see that, in less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches as a result of pumping groundwater. This equates to .24 inches of sea level rise.