Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110331:10:25:00
Irrigation water coming from an underground aquifer. >> this comes from 300 feet in the ground. it varies quite a bit, all at 300 feet. >> reporter: trapped underground for millions of years and now being tapped by thousands of farmers. the aquifer is a fixed water supply, most shallow in texas where it could run dry. >> what i'm doing, trying to figure out as the aquifer dries out, how will i farm this land? >> reporter: better drought resistant seeds and conservation in this land. >> when it dries out, so does the farmling. and so does the economy and towns like happy, texas, are depressed. ...
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