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California Fresh Groundwater Reserves Triple in New Assessment

California’s breadbasket has more water than once thought. The water is just far deeper underground — nearly two miles in some cases — than researchers, farmers, and cities typically search. Only oil and gas companies explore these depths, where hydrocarbons also reside. Stanford University researchers used the industry’s drilling logs, gathered from a state regulatory […]

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