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New Limits on Water Use Spur Conservation Measures Among Farmers in California’s Central Valley
Oct 8, 2021 / Yale e360
A 2014 California law intended to protect the state’s depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished. The policy is pushing growers to find new ways to refill the state’s depleted aquifers, NPR reports.