As our population continues to grow, the demand of a more efficient agriculture system heightens. We work to produce the highest yield possible to cover demands. Are we compromising our water quality for mass food production? In past years, the West Coast growers had been facing increasing struggles to farm with their allotted water often turning to groundwater use. California had to adopt measurements to regulate groundwater usage to protect the environment. The East Coast rain on the other hand faces with increasing amounts of algal blooms product of agricultural runoff derived from the consistent amount of rain received in that part of the country. Different approaches are being used to help reduce agricultural runoff like studies maintaining increased microbial activity in the soil to increase phosphorus uptake and preventing it from reaching waterways. California has passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act as an effort to encourage more conscious planning of water available.