California aquifers seen rapidly losing water
(Reuters)
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Reuters - California's two main river basins and the aquifers beneath its agricultural heartland have lost nearly enough water since 2003 to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, new satellite data showed on Monday.
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