California's Central Valley Groundwater Wells Run Dry During Recent Drought

Abstract Declining water tables are causing wells to run dry in California, but the prevalence and spatial distribution of wells that have run dry are not known beyond anecdotal and voluntary reports. Here, we apply a new, simple, and measurement‐driven method to calculate a localized water table; w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scott Jasechko, Debra Perrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Earth's Future
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001339