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Farmer recharging their groundwater may be able to benefit from their banked supplies during periods of drought, but can run into roadblocks like cost when doing so, according to a panel of farmers and experts at this years Food and Ag Issues Summit West in Sacramento. 

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms.

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms.

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms.

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms.

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's big winter storms.

With a historic snowpack starting to melt, increasing flood concerns in central California, there's an effort under way to capture as much of the water as possible in underground aquifers.

A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the

A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops.

A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops.