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California law limits how much water farmers can pump from state's aquifers

California is starting to limit the water that farmers can pump from the state’s depleted aquifers. And to figure out just how much water the farmers are pumping, local regulators are turning to satellites.

NPR’s Dan Charles has the story.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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