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California’s groundwater drought continues despite torrential rain (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I haven't read the article because it's paywalled, but there are a variety of types of aquifers that refill at very different rates, and I'm assuming California has a type that fills very slowly. Here in Central Texas the Edwards Aquifer recharges like a lake and can refill very quickly, while in West Texas north to Nebraska the Ogallala Aquifer takes thousands of years to recharge and is basically a finite water source