Pumped beyond limits, many U.S. aquifers in decline
Story Date: 12/11/2015

 

Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 12/11/15

Just before 3 a.m., Jay Garetson’s phone buzzed on the bedside table. He picked it up and read the text: “Low Pressure Alert.”
He felt a jolt of stress and his chest tightened. He dreaded what that automated message probably meant: With the water table dropping, another well on his family’s farm was starting to suck air.

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