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How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis

[NYT gift article] America’s striking dietary shift in recent decades, toward far more chicken and cheese, has not only contributed…

4 months ago

When vegetation choked off water recharge basins, who did CAP call? Goat munchers

Photo: In a water recharge basin southeast of Phoenix, a herd of 70 goats is going deep in the weeds…

5 months ago

One of Santa Cruz County’s largest water sources is ‘critically overdrafted’; fixes are on the way

A worker finishes installing the Pure Water Soquel purification facility’s start-and-stop unit. (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) More than…

5 months ago

Flood-MAR: A water wave for orchards

A dormant almond orchard in California is flooded for groundwater recharge. Christine Gemperle/Almond Board of California Call it super drainage,…

6 months ago

Understanding the connection between surface water, groundwater and the environment with Caitlin Cornwall

Photo: Caitlin Cornwall at Sonoma Creek next to one of Sonoma Ecology Center’s monitoring stations When Caitlin Cornwall walks along…

6 months ago