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