“Deeper Pockets, Deeper Wells”
Big Take27 Apr 2023

“Deeper Pockets, Deeper Wells”

Despite the rain-soaked year California has had, the ongoing issues of drought and limited water remain. Bloomberg reporters Peter Waldman, Mark Chediak, and Sinduja Rangarajan join this episode to talk about how farms that grow lucrative cash crops like almonds and pistachios are digging deeper and deeper wells to tap the state’s dwindling groundwater supply–leaving people in some communities with less to drink.

Read the investigation here: Groundwater Gold Rush

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