Faced with ongoing drought, farmers in California have sought ways to find a precious natural resource: water. In the San Joaquin Valley, an area in central California known as the breadbasket of the world, people have long bolstered the water supply by pumping from underground basins. But experts say people have been overdrafting groundwater for years. […]
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