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Drilling deeper wells is a band-aid solution to US groundwater woes

  • Written by Debra Perrone, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Micha Berry of the city of Fresno, Calif., which relies heavily on groundwater for its drinking water supply, repairs a groundwater well pump in 2013. AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka

With memories of the wettest U.S. spring on record still fresh, it seems strange to hear that in many parts of the nation, groundwater supplies – the water stored...

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