Aquifers

DOS PALOS, Calif. - The government is spending $40 million in federal stimulus funds to pull water from underground aquifers in drought-stricken California, even as evidence is growing that the well-drilling boom could degrade the quality of water delivered to millions of residents.

FRESNO, Calif. - New data from satellites show the vast underground pools feeding faucets and irrigation hoses across California are running low, a worrisome trend federal scientists largely attribute to aggressive agricultural pumping.

FRESNO, Calif. - New data shows that California's two major river basins have lost almost enough water to fill the nation's largest reservoir in just the last six years.